The Secret Life of Words  -  Henry Hitchings

How English Became English

KORTE INHOUD

Words are essential to our everyday lives. An average person spends his or her day enveloped in conversations, e-mails, phone calls, text messages, directions, headlines, and more. But how often do we stop to think about the origins of the words we use? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, Dutch, or Portuguese? Try admiral, landscape, and marmalade, just for starters.
The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English language a...
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2008 Uitgever: John Murray 448 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0719564549 ISBN-13: 9780719564543