01789oam 2200457I 450 991078812780332120210107195601.01-317-44558-91-138-90444-91-315-69632-010.4324/9781315696324 (CKB)2670000000615687(MiAaPQ)EBC2046497(OCoLC)912319192(EXLCZ)99267000000061568720180706e20151938 uy 0engThe world of words an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular /Eric PartridgeAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (x, 354 pages)Routledge revivalsFirst published in 1938 by George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.1-138-90441-4 1-317-44559-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.1. Families of languages -- 2. The English language -- 3. The American language -- 4. How words begin -- 5. Why words get new meanings and why languages change -- 6. Why some words live, some die; fashions in words -- 7. English : good; bad; and worse -- 8. What grammar is : and why -- 9. The fun of word history.Routledge revivals.Language and languagesEnglish languageHistoryEnglish languageEtymologyAmericanismsLanguage and languages.English languageHistory.English languageEtymology.Americanisms.401Partridge Eric1894-1979.,90783BOOK9910788127803321The world of words3696135UNINA