Frantic Semantics: Snapshots of Our Changing Language - Hardcover

Morrish, John

 
9780333763520: Frantic Semantics: Snapshots of Our Changing Language

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This is a humourous collection of columns from the "Saturday Telegraph". This work looks at the use and abuse of words in current English language usage. What does "it" mean in "It-girl"? Each entry looks at the history of the word, how it has changed and what it has come to mean.

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This is a humourous collection of columns from the "Saturday Telegraph". This work looks at the use and abuse of words in current English language usage. What does "it" mean in "It-girl"? Each entry looks at the history of the word, how it has changed and what it has come to mean.

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ISBN 10:  0330376675 ISBN 13:  9780330376679
Verlag: Pan Books, 2000
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