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Philip Gooden

May We Borrow Your Language? - How English Steals Words from All Over the World

English · Paperback

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Description

With 80 entries describing the history of words, this is an entertaining exploration of the origins of the words that we have borrowed from other languages over the course of 1500 years.

About the author

Philip Gooden

Summary

A richly entertaining exploration of the origins of the words that English has borrowed from other languages over its 1500-year history.

Additional text

Engrossing ... hugely informative and fun' Nudge Book.

Product details

Authors	Philip Gooden
Publisher	Head of Zeus

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback
Released	30.09.2017

EAN	9781786694553
ISBN	978-1-78669-455-3
No. of pages	359
Dimensions	129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
Subjects	Education and learning Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Language: general, reference works Non Fiction

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