Dictionary of English Down the Ages by Linda Flavell

Dictionary of English Down the Ages by Linda Flavell

Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Columbus' discovery of America introduced to Europe new foodstuffs such as chilli and chocolate and the words that described them. The Normans gave us the feudal system and curfews, while the flourishing of Dutch art in the seventeenth century introduced easels, etchings and landscapes. Before the 1970s green was a colour with connotations of naivete rather than ecology and until 1990 webs were mostly attached to spiders. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern day boom in techno-speak, Dictionary of English Down the Ages links hundreds of words with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life.

Linda and Roger Flavell have been studying the oddities of English for over 25 years. Linda has worked as a writer and as an English teacher both in England and overseas and has co-authored several dictionaries of etymologies for Kyle Books. The late Roger also travelled widely and was a Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.

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ISBN 13	9780857834041
ISBN 10	0857834045
Title	Dictionary of English Down the Ages
Author	Linda Flavell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Octopus Publishing Group
Year published	2016-11-03
Number of pages	320
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