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Movers and Shakers: A chronology of words that shaped our age Book

Gives a selection of the key words added to the English language in the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first. This work features an introductory essay that identifies the main historical cultural and scientific currents and shows how they contributed new vocabulary to the language.Read More

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    Take a fascinating journey from cornflakes (1907) to spam (1994). This vivid picture of the last 105 years is based on John Ayto's critically acclaimed Twentieth Century Words, and gives a selection of the key words added to the English language in the twentieth century.

    For each decade, an introductory essay identifies the main historical, cultural, and scientific currents, and shows how they contributed new vocabulary to the language. An A-Z listing of words which were first recorded in that decade follows, selected for their resonance to today's world. Each word is fully described and its origins explained. A final section looks at vocabulary developments of the new millennium. Full of surprises, Movers and Shakers is at once a glimpse of the past and a handbook for today.

  • 0198614527
  • 9780198614524
  • John Ayto
  • 12 October 2006
  • OUP Oxford
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 256
  • Rev. Ed
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