New Words for Old: Recycling Our Language for the Modern World

Author: Caroline Taggart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 The English language is a versatile and agile thing, and as our world changes, so too does the way we use it. Sometimes we coin new words for new creations, but very often we adopt and adapt existing words to suit new purposes, or simply put two together to form a third. New Words for Old looks at the story behind some of the words we use every day and how...Read more