essential information
Title: the story of English in 100 words
Author: David Crystal
Publication time: October 2011
Format:Paperback / softback 288 pages
Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
Edition:Main
ISBN:9781846684289
Classifications:English, Language: history & general works
R eadership:General (US: Trade)
Weight:242g
Dimensions:132 x 197 x 19 (mm)
Pub. Country:United Kingdom
Reasons for recommendation
Linguists etymology
As a famous English linguist, the author uses clear logic, interesting words and small stories like speaking and interpretation to broaden readers horizons.
Small Perspective
As a book that can be picked up and put down at any time, this book selects representative words from different historical periods to perspective the linguistic symbols behind and the social history of that time.
Simple, plain and accurate
This book uses 100 chapters to explain the historical origin and development of 100 English words, and connects the winding development of English with simple, plain and accurate words.
Reading pick-up
I have always felt that the historical dynamics of language are particularly interesting. On the one hand, with social development and historical changes, some popular words are suddenly no longer favored or used by people, or the meaning or spelling are changed invisibly. Looking at these English words from the perspective of development and counting the origin, formation and evolution of each word makes people feel infinite emotion. On the other hand, we are in an era of Internet neologisms and popular culture hot words, and some words even have new meanings of old words. This can be seen from the fashionable and creative annual new words such as Oxford Dictionary and Webster dictionary.
This is an interesting little book about English etymology. 100 words, 100 chapters, the language historical dynamics behind 100 stories and a series of historical stories form the development history of English language, which is waiting for you to explore and explore.
As a typical representative of a series of words, these 100 seemingly simple words not only involve basic words and daily words, but also include professional words such as religion and medicine. From the perspective of the development direction of English vocabulary, among the 100 words, the author selects ROE as one word and twittersphere as the last word, which is worthy of in-depth thinking.
Have you ever thought about:
From the perspective of word spelling reform, why is B not pronounced in the word debt?
From the perspective of lexical abbreviations, what is the relationship between and, ampersand, and per se and? (& symbol)
From the perspective of language elegance, why does foie gras sound more delicious than goose liver?
Why is Bourguignon more romantic than beef stew?
From the perspective of the integration of English with other languages, which languages do taffeta, Sudoku and lakh come from (Persian; Japanese; Hindi)?
There are many such questions. I hope you can find the answer from this book.
![[หนังสือ] Little Book of Schiaparelli: The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer chanel English book](https://down-th.img.susercontent.com/file/90633a066694e6ffb676c1662940633d_tn)
