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[florence amaral]

help!!! i am looking for a book reference regarding the reasons why languages borrow words from other languages.

[CP]

I googled this and came up with lots of sites to visit, including

some books:

http://books.google.com/books?id=1M8PoHM3qREC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=why+languages+borrow+words+from+other+languages&source=web&ots=NVdDzkFAYv&sig=vVpGHjtovVm_HQfn9Py8wvj7RyI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result

http://books.google.com/books?id=imvL7ZrwVZoC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=why+languages+borrow+words+from+other+languages&source=web&ots=rvdSdWyhu-&sig=gV5Hvu3EH1oI1aBH1gahP8FxAFM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result

http://books.google.com/books?id=EjXrrOJhex8C&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=why+languages+borrow+words+from+other+languages&source=web&ots=6o7Ipz9ZNw&sig=3y5nU9E0Sh83fB3oPPm3wLXvFHE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result

http://books.google.com/books?id=E89KFhKefWoC&pg=RA1-PA82&lpg=RA1-PA82&dq=why+languages+borrow+words+from+other+languages&source=web&ots=KuezXmLBdD&sig=fbSRAoupSgNvN8ACJ0MzJxTSscc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result

and sites with information answering the question different ways:

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/6362Ward2.htm

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_the_english_language_borrow_words

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:yQ-FGKXTaKMJ:www.uniurb.it/lingue/matdid/molinari/2007-08/Chapter%25203%2520-%2520Borrowing.doc+why+languages+borrow+words+from+other+languages&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us

http://profejeff.blogspot.com/2007/12/so-how-did-all-those-words-from-other.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/345356/loanword

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/MED-magazine/March2003/05-language-interference-loan-words.htm
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