Globally speaking : motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages / edited by Judith Ro...
Globally speaking : motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages / edited by Judith Ro...
Globally speaking : motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages / edited by Judith Rosenhouse and Rotem Kowner.
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Full title
Publisher
Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, c2008.
Call Numbers
N420.9/62
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 337 p. ; 22 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, c2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2008.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This volume accounts for the motives for contemporary lexical borrowing from English, using a comparative approach and a broad cross-cultural perspective. It investigates the processes involved in the penetration of English vocabulary into new environments and the extent of their integration into twelve languages representing several language fami...
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Full title
Globally speaking : motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages / edited by Judith Rosenhouse and Rotem Kowner.
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Multilingual matters ; 140.
Multilingual matters series ; 140.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-325) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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Call Numbers
N420.9/62
Record Identifier
74VMQeoEqD0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQeoEqD0X
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ISBN
1847690521 (ebook)
1847690513 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781847690517 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781847690524 (ebook)
DDC
420.9
MMS ID
991000629519702626
