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A Book About Words

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This work surveys English words and their history, tracing origins from Saxon roots to Latin and French influence and considering causes of linguistic change such as conquest, climate, and social habits. It examines formation and mutation of vocabulary, old and new terms, perceived degeneracy, wordplay, concrete versus abstract usage, inflated grand words, spelling and pronunciation, flexibility and contraction, compound formation, and varieties like slang and Americanisms. Chapters offer practical remarks on derivation, idiom, and stylistic choice, grounded in classroom experience and intended to clarify how words evolve and function in expression.

[SEPTEMBER 1868.]

GENERAL LIST OF WORKS

PUBLISHED BY

Messrs. LONGMANS, GREEN, and CO.

PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.

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