Borrowed Words
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Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
By Philip DurkinThis book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to find their origins and reasons for adoption.
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Borrowed Words: Translation, Imitation, and the Making of the Nineteenth-century Novel in Spain
By Elisa Martí-LópezLos misterios de Madrid , por D. J. M. Villergas . El Judío errante , por Eugenio Sue ... administrativo y artístico de Madrid , por don Ramón Mesonero Romanos . — Sevilla Pintoresca , por don José Amador ... Un hiver à Majorque . 1841.
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Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
By Philip DurkinCapitana 'ship of an admiral or commander, flagship' (1596) probably shows borrowing from both Spanish capitana and Italian capitana; it occurs directly translating both words, and in contexts that refer clearly to either a Spanish or ...
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Borrowed Words
By Peter WortsmanLike a farmer rotating his crops, Peter Wortsman periodically ploughs words back into the mulch of meaning.
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Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
By Philip Durkin... Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North-American Languages. Amsterdam: AUP. Sijs, Nicoline van der 2010. Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd. Den Haag: Sdu. Simpson, John 1981. 'Notes on Some Norse Loans, Real or ...