More Frantic Semantics. Further Adventures in Modern English - John Morrish, John Morrish

More Frantic Semantics. Further Adventures in Modern English - John Morrish, John Morrish

When a friend tells you that he had 'a belter' last night, should you congratulate, commiserate - or call an ambulance? Do you know your 'dotcoms' from your 'hubs' and 'portals', and your 'bugs' from your 'viruses'? Are your linguistic credentials 'pukka'? Do you long to be a language 'maven'? Or is it just too much 'hassle'? Keeping up with the ever-changing world of modern English can be a full-time occupation. Words gain new meanings; old words come back into fashion; new words are constantly invented; and foreign words suddenly gatecrash the party. The second volume of Frantic Semantics, gathered from the Saturday Telegraph Magazine column, is an entertaining guite to this brave new world. From the rapid rise of the nameless '@' to the story of 'Xmas', it is essential - and amusing - reading for all those who are occasionally baffled by our mother tongue. źródło opisu: Macmillan, 2001 źródło okładki: www.tradebooks.pl

ISBN 0-333-90391-9
język angielski
liczba stron 154
słowa kluczowe English, angielski, językoznawstwo
data wydania 2001 (data przybliżona)
tytuł oryginału More Frantic Semantics. Further Adventures in Modern English
kategoria językoznawstwo, nauka o literaturze
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