The Secret Life Of Words

Informationen zum Autor Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. He has contributed to many newspapers and magazines, and is theatre critic for the Evening Standard . Klappentext THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change and remind us of our turbulent past. Henry Hitchings delves into our promiscuous language and reveals how and why it has absorbed words from more than 350 other languages many originating from the most unlikely of places, such as shampoo from Hindi and kiosk from Turkish. This is a celebration of the English language; after reading it, you will never again take the words we use for granted. Informative yet highly accessible. Zusammenfassung Journey into the history of English and discover how words have been absorbed into our language to make it what it is today.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Hitchings
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.04.2009
• EAN: 9780719564550
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6455-0
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 27 mm
• Series: John Murray Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Etymologie