Blooming English

Name: Blooming English
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521839488
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Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language

Autor: Kate Burridge

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Cambridge University Press

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English is the most creative, changeable and imaginative of languages. Some words are invented to me...

Informace o knize

Autor

Kate Burridge

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

2004

Stránek

252

EAN

9780521839488

ISBN

0521839483

Enbook ID

02046341

Vydavatel

Cambridge University Press

Hmotnost

467

Rozměry

144 x 221 x 19

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English is the most creative, changeable and imaginative of languages. Some words are invented to meet temporary needs and are quickly discarded; others carry meanings hundreds of years old. Language fascinates us, and we spend a lot of time playing with it, concocting everything from puns, riddles and secret languages to wonderful prose and poetry. We also worry about it a great deal, looking up and checking words in dictionaries and usage guides, occasionally arguing about definitions. This book celebrates our capacity to play with language, as well as examining the ways we use it: in slang and jargon, swearing, speaking the unspeakable, or concealing unpleasant or inconvenient facts. It is a book for browsing, for finding beguiling snippets about language, history and social customs, and a formidable weapon in word games.

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