Why Do Languages Change?

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, in 1965, an advertisement coined a new word for the product: blusher. Each generation speaks a littl...

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Main Author: Trask, Robert Lawrence 1944- (Author)
Other Authors: Millar, Robert McColl 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. Cambridge University Press 2010
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