The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language - Couverture rigide

McArthur, Tom

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0192800612 ISBN 13 : 9780192800619

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

From Sanskrit to Scouse, this volume provides a single-volume source of information about the English language. The guide is intended both for reference and and for browsing. The international perspective takes in language from Cockney to Creole, Aboriginal English to Zummerzet, Estuary English to Caribbean English and a historical range from Beowulf to Ebonics, Chaucer to Chomsky, Latin to the World Wide Web. There is coverage of a wide range of topics from abbreviation to Zeugma, Shakespeare to split infinitive and there are substantial entries on key subjects such as African English, etymology, imperialism, Pidgin, poetry, psycholinguistics, sexism and slang. Box features include pieces on place-names, the evolution of the alphabet, the story of OK, borrowings into English, and the Internet

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192800612
• ISBN 13: 9780192800619
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 712
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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