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This is a revised edition of the existing "Nuttall's Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms" that is designed to help widen the reader's vocabulary. Lists of synonyms provide alternative words of the same meaning while lists of antonyms provide words of opposite meaning.

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The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and semicolons, unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes, this jargon-free, succinct guide is for you.

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Despite lower levels of compulsory Latin in schools, the language remains prolific in many areas of our daily life. This is a comprehensive dictionary that includes Latin to English, English to Latin, notes on grammar and pronunciation as well as the historical context of this classical language.

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This companion for rhymesters everywhere - from lyric poets to limerick writers, from songwriters to composers of commercial jingles and slogans. Unlike many of its predecessors it is not merely organized according to spelling of the words, but also on phonetic principles.

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During the more than ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective handbook for his courses.

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An investigation of howchildren balance rules and exceptions when they learn languages.

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A laugh-out-loud dissection of the linguistic myths surrounding British and American English

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A laugh-out-loud dissection of the linguistic myths surrounding British and American English

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An indispensable guide for writers of English prose from Robert Graves.

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"A leading practitioner of 'cognitive aesthetics' shows how narrative literature works its magic on readers by drawing surreptitiously on patterns developed over four thousand years ago"--

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A sleeper hit in hardcover -- now in paperback with new material. A surprising, and entertaining, explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don't notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.

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"A conversation with the founder of modern linguistics on the history of science, the limitations of technology, the current state of brain studies, the future of linguistics, and the fundamental mysteries of the human mind"--

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A memoir about a young boy growing up in Dublin and his family's homesickness for a country they can call their own.

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This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today.

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The revealing stories behind slang, the language that shows us at our most human

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Entertaining and erudite, and a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, this title describes a societal metamorphosis, tracing the fallout of the world wars, the rise of an educated middle class, and the emergence of America as the undisputed leader of the free world, and illuminating how those forces shaped our language.

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From the author of Globish, a new edition of the acclaimed history of the English language.

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An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages.

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The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet.

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Scholars usually date Yiddish from the 11th century, when modern linguists believed the language began as a German dialect spoken by newly arrived Jewish immigrants from France and Northern Italy living along the Rhine. Over time, it became an actual language incorporating elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, and the Slavic and Romance languages.

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Now in paperback - Heaney's prize-winning book-length translations as well as the many individual poems in fourteen languages worked on and contributing to a glittering literary career

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Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are neuter while German turnips are female, why we have feet not foots, and how great changes of pronunciation may result from simple laziness.