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114 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780863962639
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University Radio 5UV
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Description
This book was developed from a series of short talks on how words change their meanings through time and space. Why is it, for example, that monks of the Middle Ages were able to call the Virgin Mary 'buxom' and 'daft' without perving over her fig...
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114 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780863962639
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University Radio 5UV
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This book was developed from a series of short talks on how words change their meanings through time and space. Why is it, for example, that monks of the Middle Ages were able to call the Virgin Mary 'buxom' and 'daft' without perving over her fig...