Story of English in 100 Words

Name: Story of English in 100 Words
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ISBN: 9781250003461

ISBN-10: 1250003466

ISBN-13: 9781250003461

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Crystal

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In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word-eroe'-was written down on the femur of a roe deer in the fifth century. Featuring ancient words (eloaf'), cutting edge terms that relfect our world (etwittersphere'), indispensible words that shape our tongue (eand', ewhat'), fanciful words (efopdoodle') and even obscene expressions (the "c word"...), David Crystal takes readers on a tour of the winding byways of our language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English