- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; New edition edition (12 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199207666
- ISBN-13: 978-0199207664
- Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 16.6 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 647,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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a breathtaking guided tour to the state of the Enligh language in 2003...thoroughly entertaining and informative Beachcomber, Daily Express
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the language report is a collection of the most intriguing facts and observations on the English language in recent years, and particularly in 2006. In her eminently browsable exploration of the changing face of English, Susie Dent, Countdowns's dictionary expert, takes us on a journey through the most exotic and dynamic areas of the language. Favourite subjects such as the words of the moment, euphemisms, and slang are all re-visited, while new topics include contemporary music lyrics, food and drink, quotations, online language, and predictions for the future. The book is based on the ongoing research at Oxford Dictionaries, home of the Oxford English Dictionary and the largest language research programme in the world. Oxford collects and analyses literally hundreds of millions of words of real language and the latest findings are presented here, many of them for the first time. Compellingly informative and readable, the language report has something for everyone interested in the English language.
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'There is only one certainty', writes the linguist David Crystal, 'and this is that language will always be changing.' Read the first page
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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.
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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.
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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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