Words in Time: A Social History of the English Vocabulary by Geoffrey Hughes

Words in Time: A Social History of the English Vocabulary

Geoffrey Hughes

256 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsSources & AbbreviationsIntroduction: Words & Social ChangeWords of Conquest & Status: Semantic Legacy of the Middle AgesMoneyed Words: Growth of CapitalismThe Mobilization of Words: Printing, the Reformation &...

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