The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

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The Secret Life of Words: How English Became EnglishAN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Secret Life of Words is a wide ranging account of the transplanted, stolen, bastardized words we've come to know as the English languag. It's a history of English as a whole, and of the thousands of individual words, from more than 350 foreign tongues, that trickled in gradually over hundreds of years of trade, colonization, and diplomacy. Henry Hitchings narrates the story from the Norman Conquest to the present day,

uncovering a major terrorist operation in London

she realizes

one-pan and one-tray recipes include:

'Today's going to be an amazing day

child specialists

Key features include: stimulating activities and past-examination questions

This unusual novel tugs at the heartstrings

Comes with an invaluable supplement on the most common mistakes and controversial issues in English

fun and quirky illustrations with simple examples help children to remember words and translations

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level So you want to be an Anglo-Saxon

once you know the secrets)

Derrick Lonsdale