The 100 Words That Make The English
$44.21
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2011
Summary
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 lu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349121031 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349121036 |
| Author: | Tony Thorne |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2011 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 230mm x 197mm |
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** ‘There is much that is admirable and entertaining here … I learnt a lot about slang’ Lynne Truss, SUNDAY TIMES
** ‘There is much that is admirable and entertaining here … I learnt a lot about slang - Lynne Truss, SUNDAY TIMES
About The Author
Tony Thorne
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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