Textbook
A History of English WordsISBN: 978-0-631-18855-1
Paperback
452 pages
February 2000, ©2000, Wiley-Blackwell
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This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis
has undergone in the past millennium. The vocabulary is studied as
an indicator of social change, a symbol reflecting different social
dynamics between speech communities, on models of dominance,
cohabitation, colonialism and globalisation.
- Comprehensive guide to the evolution of the English
vocabulary.
- Well known passages from literature are used to illustrate the
variety of English words.
- Accessible discussion of Latin, Greek, Germanic and
Norman-French languages.
- Contains original research into the make-up of the current lexical core of English.