500 Years of New WordsDundurn, 2004 - 312 páginas 500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down. Beginning with "America" in 1507 and spanning the centuries to "Marsiphobiphiliac" in 2004 (a person who would love to go to Mars but is afraid of being marooned there), this book can be opened at any page and the reader will discover a dazzling array of linguistic delights. In other words, this book is unputdownable (the main entry for 1947). If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book. |
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... changed England and the English people during the sixteenth century are reflected in the English language itself. Thanks to the Renaissance of classical learning that began in Italy in the 1400s, a multitude of new words poured into ...
... changed since Fisher's day, along with doctryn and agayn, the latter being the sixteenth-century version of against. Martin Luther, a German monk, triggered the Protestant Reformation on All Saints' Eve (Hallowe'en) in 1517 when he ...
... changed the name to Scrabble, to reflect the digging for the letters on the part of the players. Since the day Butts had his brainstorm, more than fifty million Scrabble sets have been sold, and the game continues to sell at the rate of ...
... changed the name to Avon because he was such an ardent admirer of William Shakespeare and his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon. 1561. GROTESQUE. Although grotesque is now used as an adjective, it first entered the English language as a noun ...
... changed to a c. Standardized spelling of English words did not become widespread until the mid-eighteenth century, when Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, published in 1755, helped to fix many 55 500 YEARS OF NEW WORDS.
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500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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