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Why do languages change? /
"The first recorded English name for the make-up we now call blusher was paint, in 1660. In the 1700s a new word, rouge, displaced paint, and remained in standard usage for around two centuries. Then, in 1965, an advertisement coined a new word for the product: blusher. Each generation speaks a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The first recorded English name for the make-up we now call blusher was paint, in 1660. In the 1700s a new word, rouge, displaced paint, and remained in standard usage for around two centuries. Then, in 1965, an advertisement coined a new word for the product: blusher. Each generation speaks a little differently, and every language is constantly changing. It is not only words that change, every aspect of a language changes over time - pronunciation, word-meanings and grammar. Packed with fascinating examples of changes in the English language over time, this book explores the origin of words and place names, the differences between British and American English, and the apparent eccentricities of the English spelling system. Amusingly written yet deeply instructive, it will be enjoyed by anyone involved in studying the English language and its history, as well as anyone interested in how and why languages change."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511770029 0511770022 9780521838023 0521838029 9780521546935 0521546931 9780511841194 0511841191 1107209722 9781107209725 0511848080 9780511848087 1282652907 9781282652903 9786612652905 661265290X 0511769180 9780511769184 0511766955 9780511766954 0511765568 9780511765568 0511768346 9780511768347 |