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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Bill Sherk. 599 YEARS CF IIEW WQRDS Il'he fascinating story of how, when, and why hundreds of your favourite words first entered the English language Bill Sherk 500 YEARS OFNEW WORDS To my two wonderful children, Jeffrey.
... entered the English language / Bill Sherk. ISBN 1-55002-525-2 1. English language--Etymology. 2. English language--History. I. Title. II. Title: Five hundred years of new words. PE1574.S53 2004 422 C2004-905468-6 1 2 3 4 5 08 07 06 05 ...
... English Bible and Book of Common Prayer gave the English people a heightened sense of pride in the majesty of their ... entered the English language during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I alone. Small wonder Shakespeare felt so inspired ...
... English words were often inadequate to express the ideas in these plays, the natural solution was to anglicize the Greek words. Drama entered the English language in 1515 and was joined by theatre, chorus, comedy, tragedy, orchestra ...
... word coin itself can be traced back to the Latin cuneus, a wedge, because the die that made the coins looked like a wedge. The word entered the French as coign and then English as coin, at first referring to the die itself and later to ...
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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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