|
|
Article: English Words: History and Structure.(Review)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
English Words: History and Structure. Robert Stockwell and Donka Minkova. Cambridge University Press. [pound]37.50 (US$54.95). 208 pages. ISBN 0-52 179362-9. This book concentrates its attend on to the ways in which the English language has borrowed words from Latin and Greek either directly or indirectly through French. The authors take the view that people cannot call themselves educated if they do 'not have a minimal acquaintance with the history and structure of the words in their own language'. As over eighty per cent of the English vocabularly are borrowed, the author's ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Chinese names with English words spark controversy ...
The Hindustan Times;
July 8, 2008 ;
549 words
... ... using obscure Chinese characters and English words and numbers when naming their children ... But names with Chinese characters and English words have been on the rise in many provinces ... progress. Others, however, argue that English words and letters in Chinese names degrade ...
|
|