THE CHANGING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Brian Foster

Thanks for visiting my no reserve auction for this paperback book in  good condition.

Covers have minimal wear, spine is creased.  Former owner's name to first page.  Pale tanning to internal page edges, light pencil annotation in margin to approx. 25 pages.  Binding tight - good square copy.

"The English language is a complex, adaptable, ever-expanding web that absorbs new words easily and uses them unashamedly.  Old words have a habit of turning up with new meanings,and what is slang to one generation is common usage to another.

Brian Foster examines many aspects of the English language in this book: different meanings and spellings between Britain and America; how words and phrases have been culled from foreign tongues and used readily in English; and, most importantly, how our language has developed in response to the needs of the modern world.

This is a fascinating glimpse into the origin and history of some of our oldest - and newest - words and phrases.  With wit and erudition Dr Foster introduces us to many of the delightful nuances and oddities of the English language."

275 pages

Published by Pelican/Penguin, 1976

ISBN 0 14 02 1160 8

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