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David Crystal

Words in Time and Place

Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary

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Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have never heard before, find out fascinating facts behind everyday words, and be surprised at how lively and varied the English language can be.Published to critical acclaim in 2009, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is the first comprehensive thesaurus in the world to arrange words by meaning in order of first recorded use. Using its unique perspective on how the English language has developed, Words in Time and Place takes 15 themes and explores the language in these areas ov… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-19-150165-4
  • EAN: 9780191501654
  • Produktnummer: 17038889
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 2'853 KB

Über den Autor


David Crystal is known throughout the world as a writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster on language. He has published extensively on the history and development of English, including The Stories of English (2004), Evolving English (2010), Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language (2010), The Story of English in 100 Words (2011), Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling (2012), and Wordsmithsand Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013).

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