The 100 Words That Make The English by Tony Thorne
Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us essentially English, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores.
** 'There is much that is admirable and entertaining here. . I learnt a lot about slang * Lynne Truss, SUNDAY TIMES *
Tony Thorne is Language and Innovation consultant and director of the New Language Archive at King's College, London. He broadcasts regularly on radio, including for the BBC, and has been a Hollywood script consultant and an EU adviser on language and communication.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349121031 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349121036 |
| Title | The 100 Words That Make The English |
| Author | Tony Thorne |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2011-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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