The World Of Words: An Illustrated History of Western Languages

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Did you know that when you call someone a pal youre using a word derived from Romany, the gypsy tongue (phal, or brother)? Or that cosmonaut has its origins in ancient Greek? Remnants of the past live on in our words, grammar, and pronunciation. This is the story of languagehow it succeeds or fails, and why it develops the way it does. * A completely redesigned editionwith newly drawn maps and discussions of the most current linguistic issues (including politically correct and technological speech). * Over 1,000 examples illustrate how specific words changed through time. * Covers Sanskrit; IndoAryan; Basque; Greek; Celtic; Latin and the Romance languages; Germanic (including English); Slavonic; Baltic tongues; outsider languages, like Magyar and Finnish; and Europes national languages. * Includes over 140 photographs and special boxed sections. Whether youre interested in Romany or Romanian, English from Texas or Italian from Tuscanyyoull find the words that link them here! 200 pages (all in color), 7 1/4 x 9 5/8. NEW IN PAPERBACK

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