Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English

A History of Loanwords in English

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ISBN: 9780198736493
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 1 April, 2015
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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This accessible history of how, when, and why English has borrowed words from other languages shows how to discover their origins, when and why they were adopted, and what happens to them later. The history of English shows the effects of contact with languages in many contexts, including range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, to Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Yiddish.

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