{"product_id":"9780631188551","title":"A History of English Words","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Language Library\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA History of English Words\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGeoffrey Hughes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis has undergone in the past millennium.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe vocabulary is studied as an indicator of social change, a symbol reflecting different social dynamics between speech communities, on models of dominance, cohabitation, colonialism and globalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive guide to the evolution of the English vocabulary.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWell known passages from literature are used to illustrate the variety of English words.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccessible discussion of Latin, Greek, Germanic and Norman-French languages.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains original research into the make-up of the current lexical core of English.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of the History of the English Language at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. A graduate of Oxford University, he has held academic and research posts at Cape Town, Harvard and Turin. His main interests are in historical semantics and sociolinguistics on which he has written over twenty papers and two books, \u003ci\u003eWords in Time\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1988) and \u003ci\u003eSwearing\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1991). He is a consultant for the Collins Dictionaries on South African English and has been editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eEnglish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e in Africa.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 February 2000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631188551\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e452\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44385464320140,"sku":"9780631188551","price":62.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631188551_9e051955-f47d-4382-985a-3c2b51133f88.jpg?v=1780166848","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780631188551","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}