- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; 5th Revised edition edition (4 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199233888
- ISBN-13: 978-0199233885
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.9 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 459,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I can thoroughly recommend this petite but thoughtful book for English teachers, school libraries, and anyone who has an interest in words and quirky formulations. (Victoria Elliott, National Association for the Teaching of English )
a splendid new book about words (Daily Express )
a splendid new book about words (Daily Express )
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2007 is the fifth year of The Language Report's publication and provides a unique opportunity to look back at five years' worth of developments in all aspects of language, charting both small and dramatic changes in areas as diverse as punctuation and political jargon. The Language Report 5 not only takes a historical long view, comparing the state of English a hundred years ago with the present day, but also includes a smaller retrospective snapshot of the last five years to reveal new beginnings in the language's evolution as well as concentrated examples of continuing long-term change. Both approaches provide an excellent vantage point from which to take a predictive look at English in the future. Each year The Language Report - eagerly awaited by language enthusiasts everywhere - includes chapters on new areas in which English is developing in interesting ways (such as the language used in the advertising of cosmetics in 2005). The celebratory 2007 edition will continue to broaden the survey, taking in for example the language of food and drink, advertising and marketing, and the influence of celebrity culture.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The sub title is 'English on the move 2000-2007' which is an accurate description of an interesting book as a one off. However, much of the content is a rehash of the previous books going back to 2003. If you have the earlier books there is not much point in this one. If you haven't read the earlier ones this is good.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you have even a vague interest in how the English language evolves, this book is for you. Charting the rise (and fall) of English, how it has been influenced by multicultural communities, the online world, and how in turn it has influenced their development.
Format:Hardcover
The original idea in 2003 was a great one; its execution since has tended to lean heavily on previous ones and this "fourth and completely new" version still leans heavily on earlier editions, although I suspect it was an impossible task to write an entirely new report each year.
Having written that, it is an enjoyable and informative book. Organised into chapters on business, fashion, political, food, medical and so on words, twenty one in all, it does reflect - you know - the ways in which language - like - is used, abused, mis-used, misconstrued and subdued. Beginning with the linguistic Daddy-of-them-all, Professor David Crystal's comment that one of the few certainties in life is that language will continue to change, she shows the many ways in which this happens and many examples of it but without the wry, sharp humour of Crystal's lectures and more in the style of some of his more scholarly texts.
Often I had the impression that she was writing more about the media "parole" rather then the definitive "langue", to quote de Saussure but it is no less interesting for that.
I suspect this Dentinite mild diatribe might be better optically-fibred in a blogging scenario or silvercasted to go viral, thereby assisting her to mashup more efficiently. If you know, like, what I mean.
It's fun.
Having written that, it is an enjoyable and informative book. Organised into chapters on business, fashion, political, food, medical and so on words, twenty one in all, it does reflect - you know - the ways in which language - like - is used, abused, mis-used, misconstrued and subdued. Beginning with the linguistic Daddy-of-them-all, Professor David Crystal's comment that one of the few certainties in life is that language will continue to change, she shows the many ways in which this happens and many examples of it but without the wry, sharp humour of Crystal's lectures and more in the style of some of his more scholarly texts.
Often I had the impression that she was writing more about the media "parole" rather then the definitive "langue", to quote de Saussure but it is no less interesting for that.
I suspect this Dentinite mild diatribe might be better optically-fibred in a blogging scenario or silvercasted to go viral, thereby assisting her to mashup more efficiently. If you know, like, what I mean.
It's fun.
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