Why Do Languages Change?

by R.L. Trask and Larry Trask

Book Overview

The first recorded English name for the make-up we now call blusher was paint, in 1660. In the 1700s a new word, rouge, displaced paint, and remained in standard usage for around two centuries. Then,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521546931
• ISBN13: 9780521546935
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"