Description
About the Author
Jeremy Butterfield has commissioned, compiled, and edited many major English and foreign-language dictionaries, and is a regular contributor to radio and TV discussions about questions of language use. He is particularly interested in how we all help language to evolve, and edited the Oxford A-Z of English Usage (2007).
Reviews
'This book will be fascinating to those who would really like to find out how the English language is behaving. Clearly written and informative, it is a lively guide to that most creative and challenging language, English' * Alexander McCall Smith *
Nice choice of words * Newsweek, 13 December 2008 *
definitive guide to the evolution of English * Scottish Daily Mail, 3 November 2008 *
absorbing... lively...you will find something of interest on every page * English Teaching Professional, 1 January 2009 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199574094
Author Jeremy Butterfield
Format Paperback
Page Count 186
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 197g
Dimensions(mm) 190mm * 136mm * 14mm