Written in stone : an entertaining time-travelling jaunt through the Stone Age origins of our modern-day language
Stevens, Chris, 1964-2014
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'Written in Stone' combines detective work, mythology, ancient history, archaeology, the roots of society, technology and warfare, and the sheer fascination of words to sketch the connections woven throughout the immense vocabulary of English - with some surprising results. In snappy, lively and often very funny chapters, it uncovers the most influential and important words used by our Neolithic ancestors, and shows how they are still in constant use today - the building blocks of all our most common words and phrases.
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Author:
Stevens, Chris, 1964-, author
Imprint:
London : Virgin Books, 2014.London : Virgin Books, 2014.
Collation:
272 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780753555217 (hbk)
Dewey class:
422422 STE
Language:
English
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BRN:
1647121