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Borrowed Names

2010-03-11 Young Adult Nonfiction
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Release : 2010-03-11
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 401/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Borrowed Names by : Jeannine Atkins

Download or read book Borrowed Names written by Jeannine Atkins. This book was released on 2010-03-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter, A'Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first person in history to win two Nobel prizes in science. Inspired by her mother, Irène too became a scientist and Nobel prize winner. Borrowed Names is the story of these extraordinary mothers and daughters. Borrowed Names is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Borrowed Words

2014-01-23 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2014-01-23
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 072/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Borrowed Words by : Philip Durkin

Download or read book Borrowed Words written by Philip Durkin. This book was released on 2014-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Celtic, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian to, among others, Hebrew, Maori, Malay, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, andYiddish. Philip Durkin's full and accessible history reveals how, when, and why. He shows how to discover the origins of loanwords, when and why they were adopted, and what happens to them once they have been. The long documented history of English includes contact with languages in a variety of contexts, including: the dissemination of Christian culture in Latin in Anglo-Saxon England, and the interactions of French, Latin, Scandinavian, Celtic, and English during the Middle Ages; exposure to languages throughout the world during the colonial era; and the effects of using English as an international language of science. Philip Durkin describes these and other historical inputs, introducing the approaches each requires, from the comparative method for the earliest period to documentary and corpus research in the modern. The discussion is illustrated at every point with examples taken from a variety of different sources. The framework Dr Durkin develops can be used to explore lexical borrowing in any language. This outstanding book is for everyone interested in English etymology and in loanwords more generally. It will appeal to a wide general public and at the same time offers a valuable reference for scholars and students of the history of English.

Borrowed Names

1920 American poetry
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Release : 1920
Genre : American poetry
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Borrowed Names by : Elspeth Briggs

Download or read book Borrowed Names written by Elspeth Briggs. This book was released on 1920. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of First Names

2006-07-27 Reference
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Release : 2006-07-27
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 541/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Dictionary of First Names by : Patrick Hanks

Download or read book A Dictionary of First Names written by Patrick Hanks. This book was released on 2006-07-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the very newest names as well as traditional names. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all your questions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers for the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, and masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation. The book includes extensive appendices covering names from languages including Scottish, Irish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese names. Tables of the most popular names by year and by region are also included. From the traditional to the rare and unconventional, this book will tell you everything you need to know about names.

Names Fashioned by Gender

2023-12-01 Social Science
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Release : 2023-12-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 83X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Names Fashioned by Gender by : Thenjiwe Meyiwa

Download or read book Names Fashioned by Gender written by Thenjiwe Meyiwa. This book was released on 2023-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Names are very powerful and significant, especially in the African context. Across societies, there is a universal, albeit taken-for-granted fact that all human beings have names. Names Fashioned by Gender is a collection of essays on onomastics—a linguistics field of study focusing on the origin, form, history and use of proper names. The study of naming potentially provides significant evidence about the role of gender in the assimilation and/or enculturation processes as personal names evoke insight into the construction of gender and personhood in African societies. The book takes intellectual course from the idea that how names are viewed and used is heavily context-dependent and gendered. It demonstrates that personal names are narratives derived from different contexts within various cultures and circumstances subsequently imposing different identities on name bearers. Through persuasive essays, this book elucidates that naming is an activity that needs to be conducted cautiously because names tend to determine the destiny and character of an individual. Print editions not for sale in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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