A History of English Words

This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis has undergone in the past millennium. The 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. <br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Comprehensive guide to the evolution of the English vocabulary.<br /> </li> <li>Well known passages from literature are used to illustrate the variety of English words.<br /> </li> <li>Accessible discussion of Latin, Greek, Germanic and Norman-French languages.<br /> </li> <li>Contains original research into the make-up of the current lexical core of English.</li> </ul>