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

by Philip Gooden

Book Overview

The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting from centuries of borrowing from other tongues. From the Celtic languages of pre-Roman Britain to Norman French; from the Vikings' Old Scandinavian to Persian, Arawak, Cantonese, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Inuit and Erdu - amongst a host of others - we have enriched our modern language with such words as tulip, slogan,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786694557
• ISBN13: 9781786694553
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"