How English Became English: A short history of a global language
Autor Simon Horobinen Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 ian 2016
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780198754275
ISBN-10: 0198754272
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 14 black and white halftones
Dimensiuni: 139 x 176 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0198754272
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 14 black and white halftones
Dimensiuni: 139 x 176 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Simon Horobin's marvellous How English Became English ... should be handed to every pedant you know.
In this concise narrative of the history of the English language, Horobin analyzes historical context just enough to unfurl the object called 'English.'
A happy mixture of scholarship, clear writing, and humour
There's a lot of detailed information in this succinct book and it's very readable
informative and entertaining new book
Horobin is ... on a laudable and ... interesting mission to educate the wider public.
We all have our hobbyhorses when it comes to the finer points of English grammar. Simon Horobin's witty book provides the antidote to our pedantry.
Horobin's succinctness is impressive
Distilling an inexhaustible topic into 170 short pages. Horobin gives an unstuffy guide to the descent, dialects and global diversification of English. Pragmatic rather than pedantic, he eschews grammarian finger-wagging in favour of some pointers on why we still care about getting it 'right'.
this book was as good as expected
Horobin clearly loves the English language, but unlike many self-proclaimed language experts, he is not fearful of what the future of English may hold ... How English Became English reminds me what it was that I found so fascinating about the English language.
In this concise narrative of the history of the English language, Horobin analyzes historical context just enough to unfurl the object called 'English.'
A happy mixture of scholarship, clear writing, and humour
There's a lot of detailed information in this succinct book and it's very readable
informative and entertaining new book
Horobin is ... on a laudable and ... interesting mission to educate the wider public.
We all have our hobbyhorses when it comes to the finer points of English grammar. Simon Horobin's witty book provides the antidote to our pedantry.
Horobin's succinctness is impressive
Distilling an inexhaustible topic into 170 short pages. Horobin gives an unstuffy guide to the descent, dialects and global diversification of English. Pragmatic rather than pedantic, he eschews grammarian finger-wagging in favour of some pointers on why we still care about getting it 'right'.
this book was as good as expected
Horobin clearly loves the English language, but unlike many self-proclaimed language experts, he is not fearful of what the future of English may hold ... How English Became English reminds me what it was that I found so fascinating about the English language.
Notă biografică
Simon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He has written extensively on the history, structure, and uses of the English language. He is the author of Does Spelling Matter? (OUP, 2013) and a number of books on the history of English, and the language of Chaucer.