2007 is the fifth year of The Language Report's publication and provides a unique opportunity to look back at five years' worth of developments in all aspects of language, charting both small and dramatic changes in areas as diverse as punctuation and political jargon. The Language Report 5 not only takes a historical long view, comparing the state of English a hundred years ago with the present day, but also includes a smaller retrospective snapshot of the last five years to reveal newbeginnings in the language's evolution as well as concentrated examples of continuing long-term change. Both approaches provide an excellent vantage point from which to take a predictive look at English in the future. Each year The Language Report - eagerly awaited by language enthusiasts everywhere - includes chapters on new areas in which English is developing in interesting ways (such as the language used in the advertising of cosmetics in 2005). The celebratory 2007 edition will continue to broaden the survey, taking in for example the language of food and drink, advertising and marketing, and the influence of celebrity culture.
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`Review from previous edition The indispensable annual update on neologisms' The Times
`This erudite and hugely enjoyable lexicon' The Spectator
`Both informative and entertaining ... combines a journalist's eye for recent quotes, slang and coinages with a scholar's sense of the growth of English as a global family of tongues' The Independent
`A lively volume' The Observer
`A breathtaking guided tour of the English language ... a thorougly entertaining and informative look at the way our language is constantly evolving' Daily Express
`Punchy themed chapters' The Guardian
`Dent's survey of contemporary word usage is lively' Time Out
`This erudite and hugely enjoyable lexicon' The Spectator
`Both informative and entertaining ... combines a journalist's eye for recent quotes, slang and coinages with a scholar's sense of the growth of English as a global family of tongues' The Independent
`A lively volume' The Observer
`A breathtaking guided tour of the English language ... a thorougly entertaining and informative look at the way our language is constantly evolving' Daily Express
`Punchy themed chapters' The Guardian
`Dent's survey of contemporary word usage is lively' Time Out
About the Author
Susie Dent is the resident word expert on Channel 4 TV's Countdown. She contributes regularly to radio and television discussions of topical language issues.
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