A History of English Words by Geoffrey Hughes

A History of English Words

Geoffrey Hughes

452 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
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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 mode...

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