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020 _a1861564899 (pbk.)
040 _cTshomo
082 _a421.52 MIL
100 1 _aMiles, Elaine.
245 1 0 _aEnglish language /
_cElaine Miles.
300 _ax, 132 p. :
_bill., maps. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 127-128) and index.
520 _aDescribes how conquests of our island, both military and cultural, have shaped the words that we use. This book takes the reader on a historical journey to the origin of the language.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xPhonology, Historical.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xHistory.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xEtymology.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
999 _c1405
_d1405