Words on the Move
Why English Won't - And Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
John McWhorter
ISBN: | 9781250143785 |
Publisher: | Picador USA |
Published: | 12 September, 2017 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Words on the Move
Why English Won't - And Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
John McWhorter
Explores how the English language has always been changing and evolving, and continuing to do so today, describing how the word ôsillyö once meant ôblessedö and that the suffix -ly is actually a remnant of the word ôlike.ö
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