Begat : the King James Bible and the English Language.
What do the following have in common?Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottlesLick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheelsThey are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing book "has contributed far mor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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OUP Oxford,
2010.
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| Summary: | What do the following have in common?Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottlesLick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheelsThey are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing book "has contributed far more to English in the way of idiomatic or quasi-proverbial expressions than any other literary source." So wrote David Crystal in 2004. In Begat he returns to the subject not only to consider how a work published in 1611 could have had such influence on the language, but how it can still do so wh. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780191611476 0191611476 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |