Discovering Words in the Kitchen
Throughout history the English language has reflected social changes, trade routes, and waves of fashion. This book examines the histories of the names of foods, ingredients, utensils, drinks, cooking methods, and dishes to show how the vocabulary of English has reflected the ways speakers of the language have interacted with their tastes, their environment and other cultures. Approximately 250 words that have entered English language over the past fifteen hundred years are examined, ranging from Old English adoptions from Latin via French, to U.S. adoptions from Chinese. Changes of spelling and meaning and disagreements about the history of…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7478-0952-4
- EAN: 9780747809524
- Produktnummer: 20166533
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 633 KB
- Abbildungen: 28 b/w
Über den Autor
Julian Walker is an author working on First World War language discourse, and an Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts London, UK.
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