Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary

Author/Contributor(s):	Crystal, David
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	10/15/2014
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

How has the English language developed over time? How have words entered the English language, or changed their meaning? David Crystal takes us on a wonderful tour through the origins and evolution of 15 groups of words, from dying to spacecraft. His source is the monumental Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.