The world of words : an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular /

Eric Partridge.
Bok · Engelsk · 2015

Omfang	1 online resource (x, 354 pages)
Opplysninger	First published in 1938 by George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.. - 1. Families of languages -- 2. The English language -- 3. The American language -- 4. How words begin -- 5. Why words get new meanings and why languages change -- 6. Why some words live, some die; fashions in words -- 7. English : good; bad; and worse -- 8. What grammar is : and why -- 9. The fun of word history.
Emner	Americanisms. English language - Etymology. English language - History. Language and languages.
Dewey	401
ISBN	1-138-90444-9. - 1-315-69632-0