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(1999)
The world in so many words
a country-by-country tour of words that have shaped our language
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"In this book, Metcalf, a lifelong student of the English language, takes us on a tour of the world's languages that have contributed words to our own. From each language Metcalf selects and examines a representative word that we have accepted as one of our own and then reports on the culture that produced it. The result is a linguistic tour that demonstrates how English is a world language in more ways than one."--BOOK JACKET.
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The world in so many words: a country-by-country tour of words that have shaped our language
1999, Houghton Mifflin
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0395959209 9780395959206
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvii) and indexes.
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