The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary

The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary
AuthorGarland Cannon, Alan S. Kaye
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPersian loanwords in English
PublisherHarrassowitz Verlag
Publication date
2001
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages190
ISBN3447045035

The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary is a 2001 book by Garland Cannon and Alan S. Kaye. It is a historical dictionary of Persian loanwords in English which includes 811 Persian words appeared in English texts since 1225 CE.

Reception

The book was reviewed by Karlheinz Mörth, Golnaz Modarresi Ghavami, John R. Perry, and Mousa A. Btoosh.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Btoosh, Mousa A (2003). "The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary (review)". Language. 79 (4): 835–836. doi:10.1353/lan.2003.0209. ISSN 1535-0665. S2CID 144713815.
  2. ^ Perry, J. R. (1 April 2005). "Garland Cannon and Alan S. Kaye, The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 64 (2): 155–157. doi:10.1086/431712. ISSN 0022-2968.
  3. ^ Ghavami, Golnaz Modarresi (September 2006). "The Persian Contributions to the English Language: A Historical Dictionary, Garland Cannon and Kaye S. Alan, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-447-04503-5, x + 190 pp". Iranian Studies. 39 (3): 450–451. doi:10.1017/S0021086200023720. ISSN 0021-0862. S2CID 245664395.
  4. ^ Mörth, Karlheinz (2006). "Review of The Persian Contributions to the English Language. An Historical Dictionary". Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 96: 531–534. ISSN 0084-0076. JSTOR 23862689.
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