by Roger Flavell · Kyle Cathie · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781856264143
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«Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years» is Roger Flavell's reference guide, in paperback (320 pages, in English).
The book starts in 1066 and reaches the age of technology to connect hundreds of words and phrases with the historical events and social changes that gave rise to them. Words like 'jubilee', 'essay' or 'landscape' are explained through episodes such as Norman customs or seventeenth-century Dutch art.
A reference work published by Kyle Cathie in 2001. On the cover, the full title appears as 'The Chronology of Words & Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English'.
For students of historical linguistics and readers interested in the origin and development of English words.
