"The playful artistry of the Waldorf Alphabet Book speaks to the heart of childhood. These lively illustrations, so filled with color, movement, eloquent gestur
This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis has undergone in the past millennium. The vocabulary is studied as an indicator of social ch
Examines the hidden history through which the Oxford English Dictionary came into being in a study that traces the personal battles involved in chronicling an e
This book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to find their origins and reasons for adoption. It covers the effect