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Words are essential to our everyday lives. An average person spends his or her day enveloped in conversations, e-mails, phone calls, text messages, directions, headlines, & more. But how often do we stop to think about the origins of the words we use? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, Dutch, or Portuguese? Try admiral, landscape, & marmalade, just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English language & vocabulary, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change, & remind us of our past. Henry Hitchings delves into the insatiable, ever-changing English language & reveals how & why it has absorbed words from more than 350 other languages—many originating from the most unlikely of places, such as shampoo from Hindi & kiosk from Turkish. From the Norman Conquest to the present day, Hitchings narrates the story of English as a living archive of our human experience. He uncovers the secrets behind everyday words & explores the surprising origins of our most commonplace expressions. The Secret Life of Words is a rich, lively celebration of the language & vocabulary that we

Who reads The secret life of words : how English became English?

Author

Hitchings, Henry

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Macmillan

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780719564543

Category

history

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.67 / 5 (318 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14