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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Main Author: | Trask, R. L. (Robert Lawrence), 1944-2004 |
Other Authors: | Millar, Robert McColl, 1966- |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
Published: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
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