foreign words and phrases

Explains in detail foreign words and phrases that are regularly encountered in American and British English. Entries cover the date of each word's introduction into English, language of origin, definition, pronunciation, and usage and background.

Explores the influence Native American languages have had on American English, and offers seventy studies, each focusing on a particular word borrowed into English from Native American languages, showing the role each word had in American Indian societies and examining the continuities and contrasts with its place in modern American life.

Contains a guide to incorporating French loaned words of the English language into ordinary speech, and provides definitions of over 2,500 French terms that have been borrowed by the English lexicon, including background information and a pronunciation key.

Explains in detail foreign words and phrases that are regularly encountered in American and British English. Entries cover the date of each word's introduction into English, its language of origin, definition, pronunciation, and notes on its usage and background.

Demonstrates how the history of English vernacular is reflected in one hundred words with sources in key influences and events, from "roe" and "loaf" to "fopdoodle" and "twittersphere.".

Defines hundreds of phrases from other languages that are often used in English and explains their proper use and meaning.

Chooses one hundred words that best illustrates the changing vernacular of English through time.

A collection of astonishing and humorous words from cultures and languages around the world, with the definition and origins of each word.