Books on language

For centuries English has assimilated words from other languages. Discovering Words offers a treasury of word histories showing the variety of ways the words we use have evolved. The book is arranged into subjects, within which a selection of words are traced back through the stages by which they came to be part of the English language, and through more recent changes over time in form and meaning. Historical dictionaries such as Johnson’s and Webster’s are referenced throughout, especially where there has been disagreement over the histories and ‘proper’ form of words.

Discovering Words provides an enticing introduction to the subject of etymology, showing how the words we use hold the histories of human interaction and communication.

Discovering Words in the Kitchen explores the history of words to do with cooking, food and recipes. The introduction gives a history of food in English, looking at how the adopting of foreign words and the adaptation of existing words provide a history of English cooking, and how this developed through the English-speaking world.

The histories of some 250 words are given, with reference to cookery books and recipes dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. Modern and historical dictionaries and writers on etymology are referenced throughout. The word histories often show unexpected changes of form and meaning, and show where foods and cooking methods came from, and their often surprisingly late or early arrival in the English kitchen.


				Julian Walker *Books on language*



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		Discovering Words Shire Books Publication September 2009 128 pages, illustrated For centuries English has assimilated words from other languages. Discovering Words offers a treasury of word histories showing the variety of ways the words we use have evolved. The book is arranged into subjects, within which a selection of words are traced back through the stages by which they came to be part of the English language, and through more recent changes over time in form and meaning. Historical dictionaries such as Johnson’s and Webster’s are referenced throughout, especially where there has been disagreement over the histories and ‘proper’ form of words. Discovering Words provides an enticing introduction to the subject of etymology, showing how the words we use hold the histories of human interaction and communication. The introduction includes a brief history of the English language over the past 1500 years. Discovering Words can be ordered pre-publication from Shire Books or Amazon http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/home.aspx?SetLocation=GB Discovering Words in the Kitchen Publication May 2010 96 pages, illustrated Discovering Words in the Kitchen explores the history of words to do with cooking, food and recipes. The introduction gives a history of food in English, looking at how the adopting of foreign words and the adaptation of existing words provide a history of English cooking, and how this developed through the English-speaking world. The histories of some 250 words are given, with reference to cookery books and recipes dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. Modern and historical dictionaries and writers on etymology are referenced throughout. The word histories often show unexpected changes of form and meaning, and show where foods and cooking methods came from, and their often surprisingly late or early arrival in the English kitchen.



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