The 100 Words That Make The English
| Author | : Tony Thorne |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2011-06-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780748131747 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0748131744 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The 100 Words That Make The English by : Tony Thorne
Download or read book The 100 Words That Make The English written by Tony Thorne and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us essentially English, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores.
