剧情简介：Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or Dutch? Try admiral, landscape and marmalade just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English, but also of how w...(展开全部)
作者：Henry Hitchings
出版社：John Murray
ISBN：9780719564550
