Ebook: The secret life of words: how English became English
Author: Hitchings Henry
- Tags: English language--Etymology, English language--Lexicography--History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Etymology, English language--Lexicography, History, Electronic books, English language -- Lexicography -- History, English language -- Etymology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Etymology, English language -- Lexicography
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Farrar
- City: New York
- Edition: First Picador edition
- Language: English
- epub
Examines the origins of the English language, and traces history back to understand how it adopted words from more than three hundred and fifty other languages, the secrets behind everyday words and expressions, and other related topics.;Ensemble -- Invade -- Saffron -- Volume -- Bravado -- Genius -- Powwow -- Bonsai -- Onslaught -- Connoisseur -- Teapot -- Blizzard -- Ethos -- Voodoo -- Angst -- Shabash.
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