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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
(Book, 2007)

Author: Seth Lerer


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Format: Book
ISBN-10: 0231510764
ISBN-13: 9780231510769
Jan 2007
Publisher: Columbia University Press
305 pages
Illustrated
Language: English
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With zest and ardor Stanford professor Seth Lerer writes about the extremely convoluted process by which the English language came into existence and grew into the heterogeneous animal it is today. Lerer shows how shifts in technology and cultural paradigms have altered the shape and meaning of words, and also how specific writers have contributed to the language (writers like Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll coined dozens of new words). This exuberant book should appeal to all lovers of letters.

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Length:305 pages

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"[INVENTING ENGLISH] percolates with creative energy....[Lerer's] passion is evident on every page." (starred review)
(01/15/2007)


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