Author: JOHN AYTO
Title: Movers and Shakers
Description: Oxford University Press, 2006. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 250. Take a fascinating journey from cornflakes (1907) to spam (1994). This vivid picture of the last 105 years is based on John Ayto's critically acclaimed Twentieth Century Words, and gives a selection of the key words added to the English language in the twentieth century and the early years ofthe twenty-first. For each decade, an introductory essay identifies the main historical, cultural, and scientific currents, and shows how they contributed new vocabulary to the language. An A-Z listing of words which were first recorded in that decade follows, selected for their resonance to today'sworld. Each word is fully described and its origins explained. A final section looks at vocabulary developments of the new millennium. Full of surprises, this book is at once a glimpse of the past and a handbook for today. ISBN: 9780198614524. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780198614524
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Title: Movers and Shakers
Description: Oxford University Press, 2006. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 250. Take a fascinating journey from cornflakes (1907) to spam (1994). This vivid picture of the last 105 years is based on John Ayto's critically acclaimed Twentieth Century Words, and gives a selection of the key words added to the English language in the twentieth century and the early years ofthe twenty-first. For each decade, an introductory essay identifies the main historical, cultural, and scientific currents, and shows how they contributed new vocabulary to the language. An A-Z listing of words which were first recorded in that decade follows, selected for their resonance to today'sworld. Each word is fully described and its origins explained. A final section looks at vocabulary developments of the new millennium. Full of surprises, this book is at once a glimpse of the past and a handbook for today. ISBN: 9780198614524. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780198614524
Price: EUR 10.00 = appr. US$ 10.87 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1989194
- Book number: 1989194
See more books from our catalog: Novels