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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.
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Words in Time and Place, David Crystal
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- Words in Time and Place
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Crystal
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0199680477
- ISBN13
- 9780199680474
- Description
- 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.