Description
About the Author
Philip Durkin is Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, and has led the dictionary's team of specialists in etymology for the past fifteen years. His Oxford Guide to Etymology (2009; paperback 2011) has quickly become the standard work in the field.
Reviews
Philip Durkin has shown himself in this highly readable book to be a 'superstar' in the etymological history of words borrowed into English. * Eric Stanley, Notes and Queries *
Written clearly and authoritatively, the History of Loanwords in English is a solid, scholarly piece of work ... While being intellectually rigorous, the monograph is also highly readable, and Durkinas skill of explaining very complex issues in an uncomplicated way, as well as his precise terminological apparatus are particularly worth emphasizing. One may wonder whether the book has any weaknesses at all. * Miroslawa Podhajecka, International Journal of Lexicography *
Philip Durkin introduces and investigates how successive phases of language contact have made their mark on the vocabulary of English. Underlying the whole enterprise is an impressive, sagacious control of basic (and more advanced) principles, which are gradually laid out before the reader and illustrated with much thought. This is an important and engaging book. * Richard Dance, University of Cambridge *
an indispensable addition to the library shelves. * Sarah Powell, Reference Reviews *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198736493
Author Philip Durkin
Format Paperback
Page Count 512
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 174mm * 28mm