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Robert Claiborne

    1 janvier 1919 – 1 janvier 1990

    Cet auteur américain s'est principalement consacré à la science et à la linguistique. Son écriture est reconnue pour son approche de ces sujets complexes. Plongez dans ses explorations perspicaces.

    Die Besiedelung Amerikas
    The Life and Times of the English Language
    The Birth of Writing
    The Roots of English
    Mysteries of the Past
    Loose Cannons and Red Herrings
    • The Life and Times of the English Language

      • 344pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Traces the history of the English language, starting several hundred thousand years ago with the Indo-Europeans. Robert Claiborne then continues with the Anglo-Saxon invaders of England whose language developed into Old English, which in turn slowly developed into Middle English after the Norman Invasion. He also gives an overview of the various dialects of English and slang.

      The Life and Times of the English Language1991
    • Loose Cannons and Red Herrings

      A Book of Lost Metaphors

      • 290pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Explains the origins and original meanings of common metaphors and expressions from ace in the hole to zero-sum

      Loose Cannons and Red Herrings1989
      4,0
    • Presented here is an accurate picture of the current status of investigations into ancient mysteries.

      Mysteries of the Past1977
      3,0