The world of words : an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular / Eric Partridge.
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London [England] ; New York, New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge revivals.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.