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How to Read a Word

Hardcover • 2010 • English

How to Read a Word

By Elizabeth Knowles

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About the book

Have you ever wondered how you can find out more about a word: Where did it come from? How has its meaning altered? How can it be pronounced? What is its relationship to other words? Language is not fixed, but is an evolutionary process: words develop and change, in meaning, association, and pronunciation, as well as in many other ways. Exploring the routes taken by the words we choose to investigate leads us on fascinating journeys. How to Read a Word, written by the noted lexicographer E...Show more

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ISBN

9780199574896

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

How to Read a Word

Format

Hardcover

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