The World in So Many Words: A Country-By-Country Tour of Words That Have Shaped Our Language

by Allan Metcalf

"Biblically speaking, the first paradise was the Garden of Eden. But linguistically speaking, it was a Persian amusement park. Or, more precisely, it was the walled park of a Persian ruler or noble,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395959209
• ISBN13: 9780395959206
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The fascination of finding our language roots

For those who spend time wandering along endless chains through website, here's your chance to wander through the the paths that form the roots of the English language. It is intriguing and enjoyable to see how the English language has been formed by the influence of interesting aspects of a multitude of languages.