Borrowed words : a history of loanwords in English /
"The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian to, among others, Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Yiddish. Philip Durki...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | "The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian to, among others, Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Yiddish. Philip Durkin's full and accessible history reveals how, when, and why, with the discussion illustrated at every point with examples from a variety of different sources."-- Cubierta. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 recurso en línea (xix, 491 p.) |
| Format: | Para acceder al EBook solicitar usuario y clave en Sección Préstamos. |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 429-454) e índices. |
| ISBN: | 9780199574995 9780198736493 9780191667077 9780191667060 |