Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
by Crystal, David
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0199585857
- ISBN 13
- 9780199585854
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 2010 8vo (21.5 cm), VII, 327 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed at extremities). "This astonishing book" has contributed far more to English in the way of idiomatic or quasi-proverbial expressions than any other literary source." So wrote David Crystal in 2004. In "Begat," he returns to the subject not only to consider how a work published in 1611 could have had such influence on the language, but also how it can still do so when few regularly hear the Bible and fewer still hear it in the language of Stuart England.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008158
- Title
- Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
- Author
- Crystal, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0199585857
- ISBN 13
- 9780199585854
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2010
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- Bibliography;
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Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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