[DOWNLOAD] "Words in Time and Place" by David Crystal * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Words in Time and Place
- Author : David Crystal
- Release Date : January 18, 2014
- Genre: Words & Language,Books,Reference,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2888 KB
Description
How has the English language developed over time? How have words entered the English language, or changed their meaning? David Crystal takes us on a wonderful tour through the origins and evolution of 15 groups of words, from dying to spacecraft. His source is the monumental Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.