TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hitchings,Henry
TI  - The secret life of words: how English became English
SN  - 9780719564543
U1  - 420.9 HIT 
PY  - 2008///
PB  - Hodder Murray
KW  - English language
KW  - History
N2  - Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? This text is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change and remind us of our turbulent past
ER  -