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1、TheStoryofEnglishin100WordsAlsobyDavidCrystalTheCambridgeEncyclopediaoflanguageTheCambridgeencyclopediaoftheEnglishlanguageThestoriesofEnglishThefightforEnglishThinkonmywords:anintroductiontoShakespeare’slanguageTxting:thegr8db8Byhookorbycrook:ajourneyinsearchofEnglishAlittlebo

2、okoflanguageEvolvingEnglish:onelanguage,manyvoices.Begat:theKingJamesBibleandtheEnglishlanguageInternetlinguisticsJustaphraseI’mgoingthrough:mylifeinlanguageTheStoryofEnglishin100WordsDavidCrystalFirstpublishedinGreatBritainin2011byPROFILEBOOKSLTD3AExmouthHousePineStreetLondonE

3、C1R0JHwww.profilebooks.comCopyright©DavidCrystal,201110987654321PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyClays,Bungay,SuffolkThemoralrightoftheauthorhasbeenasserted.Allrightsreserved.Withoutlimitingtherightsundercopyrightreservedabove,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedorintrod

4、ucedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,6/481recordingorotherwise),withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofboththecopyrightownerandthepublisherofthisbook.ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavail-ablefromtheBritishLibrary.ISBN978184

5、6684272eISBN9781847654595Thepaperthisbookisprin-tedoniscertifiedbythe©1996ForestStewardshipCouncilA.C.(FSC).Itisancient-forestfriendly.TheprinterholdsFSCchainofcustodySGS-COC-2061ContentsPrefaceAshorthistoryofEnglishwords1Roe–thefirstword(5thcentury)2Lea–namingplaces(8thcentury

6、)3And–anearlyabbreviation(8thcentury)4Loaf–anunexpectedorigin(9thcentury)5Out–changinggrammar(9thcentury)6Street–aLatinloan(9thcentury)7Mead–awindowintohistory(9thcentury)8Merry–adialectsurvivor(9thcentury)9Riddle–playingwithlanguage(10thcentury)8/48110What–anearlyexclamation(1

7、0thcentury)11Bone-house–aword-painting(10thcentury)12Brock–aCelticarrival(10thcentury)13English–thelanguagenamed(10thcentury)14Bridegroom–apopularetymology(11thcentury)15Arse–animpoliteword(11thcentury)16Swain–apoeticexpression(12thcentury)17Pork–anelegantword(13thcentury)18Cha

8、ttels–alegalword(13thcentury)19Dame–aformofaddress(13t