Points of View: Aspects of Present-Day English

by Robert W. Burchfield

This is a fascinating collection of essays and reflections on language by Robert Burchfield, a leading authority on English usage and etymology, and editor of the Supplement to the First Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Points of View begins with two original and entertaining reflections, the first entitled "The Fowler Brothers and the Tradition of Usage Handbooks," the second "An Outline of Euphemisms in English." The selection of shorter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192829432
• ISBN13: 9780192829436
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"