Points of View
Robert W. Burchfield(Author)
Oxford Paperbacks (Publisher)
Published on 20. August 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-19-282943-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of essays and reflections by Robert Burchfield, the editor of the Supplement to the First Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary". Many of the pieces in this personal survey of the English language as it is used throughout the world come from his popular Sunday Times column, "Words and Meanings", and focus on such contentious issues as using "between you and me" or "between you and I", and the 29 meanings of the verb "to want". The book also includes an essay on the Fowler brothers and usage handbooks, and an outline history of euphemisms in English.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-19-282943-6 (9780192829436)
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