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Giveaways: An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas
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4 out of 5
Based on 6 Ratings and 6 Reviews

Book Description
Did you know that the okra plant and the word okra were introduced to the Americas from Africa? Or that squash was first a word from the language of the Narragansett tribe of New England? According to etymologists people who study words, languages, and word histories many languages grow by adopting words from other languages, or loanwords. American English is a giant stew, simmering with loanwords... More
Book Information
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
BindingKindle Edition (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-10B00607GAYM
Publication Date10/26/2011
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About Linda Boyden (Author) : Linda Boyden has spent most of her adult life leading children to literacy. From 1970-1997, she taught in primary grades, receiving her master’s in Gifted and Talented Education in 1992 from the Un... more
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4/22/2012 Dellani Oakes said:
Giveaways is a delightfully illustrated, wonderfully informative book by Linda Boyden. Hours of research and creativity went into this colorful book about words the Native Americans have 'given' to the English language. Want to know a good way to protect sheep? Read about a llama. Where did the ide... more

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2/25/2011 Linda Boyden said: "Giveaways" celebrates the contribution that Native languages of the Americas––North, South & Central––have made to American English.
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