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What are language borrowings? This topic undoubtedly concerns each of us. It’s discussed at school, in textbooks, in academic literature, and on internet forums. Yet popular excursions into the realm of borrowings published in Russia mostly boil down to the topic of foreign words in the Russian language. But what is borrowing in general, by what signs can we recognize it, why it arises in a language, and why it’s resisted? There hasn’t been a book about that yet. This gap is what philologist-anglicist Maria Eliferova set out to fill. Showing how languages interact and how the fates of borrowings are shaped (it’s not only about words), the author—along with examples from Russian culture, history, and literature—turns to French, German, Spanish, and even more exotic languages from different parts of the world. This information-rich and serious book happily combines the depth of scientific analysis with a clear, lively presentation, humor, and loyalty toward rebels and those who break norms and canons.