(Paperback)
By: Paul Moon
ISBN: 9781927322413
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: Otago University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Haruhiko Kindaichi
ISBN: 9780804848831
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
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This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language
(Paperback)
By: Michael Rosen
ISBN: 9781848548886
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 24th April 2014
Publisher: John Murray Press
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From Alphabets to Zipcodes, the surprising story of our 26 letters from million-selling author and Radio 4 language expert, Michael Rosen.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Florence Hazrat
ISBN: 9781800811973
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2022
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email - an enthusiastic history for language lovers!
(Paperback)
By: Amanda Laugesen
ISBN: 9781742237909
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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Captivating and quirky, Australia in 100 Words takes readers chronologically through Australian history to tell a unique story through language
(Paperback)
By: Gretchen McCulloch
ISBN: 9781529112825
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th March 2020
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Gari Tudor-Smith
ISBN: 9781760644987
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Black Inc.
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(Paperback)
By: Susie Dent
ISBN: 9781473623897
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
Publisher: John Murray Press
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Learn how to decode the private languages that are swapped around us every day - amongst cabbies and paramedics, soap stars and comedians, cricketers and barristers - in Susie Dent's unique and witty guide to Britain's modern tribes.
(Paperback)
By: William Lutz
ISBN: 9781632460172
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
UK Publication Date: 21st April 2016
Publisher: Ig Publishing
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Describes the four different types of doublespeak (euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, and inflated language).
(Paperback)
By: Paul Baker
ISBN: 9781789142945
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, erudition and tenderness.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Alexandra Aikhenvald
ISBN: 9781781257715
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 8th April 2021
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of language.
(Hardback)
By: Alexander Tulloch
ISBN: 9781851245055
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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Did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 bce This book offers a word-by-word look at the influence of Greek on everyday words in English, telling the stories behind their etymological developments.
(Hardback)
By: Alexander Tulloch
ISBN: 9781851245505
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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Highly original and enjoyable examation of the etymology behind a selection of trades and professions, unearthing intriguing nuggets of historical information along the way. Includes explanations of common surnames; obsolete jobs such as pardoner or telegraph boy; and roles for the modern era, such as wedding planner and sky marshal.
(Paperback)
By: Sophie Hardach
ISBN: 9781789543995
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2021
UK Publication Date: 2nd September 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A celebration of the huge linguistic diversity that is open to all of us at birth, and that has inspired and fascinated humans since the invention of speech.
(Hardback)
By: Brian Lake
ISBN: 9780008545543
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2023
UK Publication Date: 13th October 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop.
(Paperback)
By: Dr Charlie Kerrigan
ISBN: 9781350377035
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Ella Frances Sanders
ISBN: 9780224100809
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2015
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees Or, that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip This book includes a collection full of surprises that will make you savour the elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.
(Paperback)
By: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9781784161866
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
UK Publication Date: 8th September 2016
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', and more.
(Paperback, Main)
By: David Crystal
ISBN: 9781781253519
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2016
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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The triumphant third volume in David Crystal's classic series on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide to how to use it - now in paperback.
(Paperback)
By: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780141040080
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2010
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Presenting a tour of English from its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, this book covers curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn and as flexible to use.
(Paperback)
By: John McWhorter
ISBN: 9780593421383
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Hardback)
By: John McWhorter
ISBN: 9780593188798
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2021
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2021
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much"--
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By: Peter Jones
ISBN: 9781782399339
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2017
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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A surprising, witty and entertaining journey through the Latin roots of the English language, by the bestselling author of Veni Vidi Vici and Eureka!
(Hardback, Main)
By: Lorna Gibb
ISBN: 9781838951771
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2025
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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Rare Tongues is an enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world.
