The Story of English in 100 Words

Douban
The Story of English in 100 Words

Zum Bewerten, Kommentieren oder Hinzufügen des Artikels zu deiner Sammlung, musst du dich anmelden oder registrieren.

ISBN: 9781846684272
Autor/in: David Crystal
Verlag: Profile Books
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2011 -10
Einband: Hardcover
Preis: GBP 12.99
Anzahl der Seiten: 288

/ 10

1 Bewertungen

Nicht genug Bewertungen
Leihen oder Kaufen

David Crystal   

Übersicht

The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages.
In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word--'roe'--was written down on the femur of a roe deer in the fifth century. Featuring ancient words ('loaf'), cutting edge terms that relfect our world ('twittersphere'), indispensible words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what'), fanciful words ('fopdoodle') and even obscene expressions (the "c word..".), David Crystal takes readers on a tour of the winding byways of our language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.

andere Versionen
Kommentare
Rezensionen
笔记