David Crystal (Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University

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Words in Time and Place

Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary

Beschreibung

How has the English language developed over time? How have words entered the English language, or changed their meaning? David Crystal takes us on a wonderful tour through the origins and evolution of 15 groups of words, from dying to spacecraft. His source is the monumental Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Autor

David Crystal is known throughout the world as a writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster on language. He has published extensively on the history and development of English, including The Stories of English (2004), Evolving English (2010), Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language (2010), The Story of English in 100 Words (2011), Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling (2012), and Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 144mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780199680474
• ISBN-10: 0199680477
• Artikelnr.: 40759520