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Words In Time
Geoffrey Hughes

Words In Time

Basil Blackwell (1988)
9780631173212
270 pages | 152 x 260 mm
Dewey 422
LC Classification PE1574

Subject

  • English Language
  • English Language/ Etymology
  • English Language/ Lexicology
  • English Language/ Social Aspects
  • Lexicology

Plot

The word blurb derives from a pulchritudinous young lady of that fictional name who appeared on a book-cover at the turn of the century. Quarrying the Oxford English Dictionary for its evidence, this book traces the extraordinary way in which English words have changed their meanings over the past millennium. These shifts both reflect Britain's rich history and reveal the social determinants of the language.

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