O Brave New Words: Native American Loanwords in Current English

Native American loanwords are a crucial, though little acknowledged, part of the English language. This book shows how the more than one-thousand current loanwords were adopted and demonstrates how the changing relationships between Indians and European settlers can be traced in the rate of loanword borrowing and the kinds of words adopted. Appalachian: from the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States, from the Muskogean name of the Apalachee tribe of Florida Moose: Eastern Abenaki mos; Papoose: Narragansett papoos, child; Squash: Narragansett askutasquash; Texas: from a Caddo word, meaning "friends" or "allies." Charles L. Cutler is also the author of Connecticut's Revolutionary Press.

Author: Charles L. Cutler
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 10/15/1994
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.37w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780806132464
ISBN10: 0806132469
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Etymology
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies