500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down.
Beginning with "America" in 1507 and spanning the centuries to "Marsiphobiphiliac" in 2004 (a person who would love to go to Mars but is afraid of being marooned there), this book can be opened at any page and the reader will discover a dazzling array of linguistic delights. In other words, this book is unputdownable (the main entry for 1947). If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 422
- General Note
- On cover: The fascinating story of how, when, and why hundreds of your favourite words first entered the English language Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 1550025252 9781550029543
- LCCN
- PE1574
- LCCN Item number
- S48 2004eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (312 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00322806 (OCoLC)180772728 (CaOOCEL)404543
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Five hundred years of new words
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
