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ISBN: 9780195307948 - Wine and Conversation 2/e Wine and Conversation 2/e
ADRIENNE, LEHRER

ISBN10: 9780198042068  ISBN13: 9780198042068
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book

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ISBN: 9780297853497 - Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs
Manser, Martin H

ISBN10: 9780297856863  ISBN13: 9780297856863
Publisher: Orion Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format: Electronic Book
Within the rambling house of words and language we all too often expect to find doors with forbidding-sounding signs on them: 'Spelling', 'Grammar', 'Syntax', 'Etymology', 'Phonetics' and the like - signs that discourage rather than invite entry. More

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ISBN: 9780752458984 - Annus Horribilis Annus Horribilis
Walker, Mark

ISBN10: 9780752462592  ISBN13: 9780752462592
Publisher: The History Press
Format: Electronic Book
These are just a few of the topics covered in this book. As Mark Walker makes clear, present-day English is still steeped in its Roman and Latin origins. As a result English still has many thousands of Latin words in everyday use. More

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ISBN: 9780300170825 - Little Book of Language Little Book of Language
Crystal, David

ISBN10: 9780300158755  ISBN13: 9780300158755
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Electronic Book

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ISBN: 9781846271694 - Filthy English Filthy English
Silverton, Peter

ISBN10: 9781846274527  ISBN13: 9781846274527
Publisher: Granta Portobello Books
Format: Electronic Book
When the Sex Pistols swore live on tea-time telly in 1976, there was outrage across Britain. Headlines screamed. Christians marched. TVs were kicked in. Thirty years on, all those words are media-mainstream - bandied about with impunity on TV and... More

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ISBN: 9781861890801 - History of Language History of Language
Fischer, Steven Roger

ISBN10: 9781861895943  ISBN13: 9781861895943
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Electronic Book
As he charts the history of language from the times of Homo erectus, Neanderthal humans and Homo sapiens through to the nineteenth century, when the science of linguistics was developed, Steven Roger Fischer analyses the emergence of language as a... More

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ISBN: 9781401602185 - Casual Lex Casual Lex
Garrison, Webb

ISBN10: 9781418557935  ISBN13: 9781418557935
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Format: Electronic Book
Are you a lover of language? Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say! Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of the classic Why You Say It will turn... More

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ISBN: 9781595553003 - What's in a Word What's in a Word
Garrison, Webb

ISBN10: 9781418530587  ISBN13: 9781418530587
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Format: Electronic Book
Here is a fascinating and humorous encyclopedia of more than three hundred words and phrases and how they have taken on new meanings over time. It is an informative reference book for the whole family. What's in a Word? is a sequel to Garrison's... More