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500 years of new words /
"If you ever use words and find yourself wondering where they came from, who wrote them first, and why they became necessary, then you will savour 500 Years of New Words, a new volume that takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the firs...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY :
Dundurn,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "If you ever use words and find yourself wondering where they came from, who wrote them first, and why they became necessary, then you will savour 500 Years of New Words, a new volume that takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the twenty-first century. The entries are arranged not alphabetically but in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1417572191 9781417572199 1550025252 9781550025255 9781459718227 1459718224 9781550029543 1550029541 |