O Brave New Words!

O Brave New Words!
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-13 : 0806132469
ISBN-10 : 9780806132464
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Book Synopsis O Brave New Words! by : Charles L. Cutler

Download or read book O Brave New Words! written by Charles L. Cutler and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native American loanwords are a crucial, though little acknowledged, part of the English language. This book shows how the more than one-thousand current loanwords were adopted and demonstrates how the changing relationships between Indians and European settlers can be traced in the rate of loanword borrowing and the kinds of words adopted. Appalachian: from the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States, from the Muskogean name of the Apalachee tribe of Florida Moose: Eastern Abenaki mos; Papoose: Narragansett papoos, child; Squash: Narragansett askutasquash; Texas: from a Caddo word, meaning "friends" or "allies."


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