(Paperback)
By: Alex Games
ISBN: 9781846076107
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2008
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Kick the Bucket and Swing the Cat takes a humorous tour through the fascinating, sometimes tragic, and often surprising history of the English language and its etymology.
(Paperback)
By: Peter Sharpe
ISBN: 9780826498151
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Language is an essential part of our everyday lives. This book presents an introduction into the inner workings of language, and illustrates its use, variation and methodology. It examines the origins of language, how language produces meaning, the variation of language across cultures, and how language is used in society.
(Hardback)
By: Peter Sharpe
ISBN: 9780826498144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Language is an essential part of our everyday lives. This book examines the origins of language, how language produces meaning, the variation of language across cultures, how language is used in society, and whether or not there is a 'correct' way to use language.
(Hardback)
By: Dr Charlie Kerrigan
ISBN: 9781350377028
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: David J. Peterson
ISBN: 9780143126461
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2016
UK Publication Date: 2nd October 2015
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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From language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative gui de to language constructio, offering an overview of language creation, covering its history from Tolkien's creations and Klingon to today's thriving global community of conlangers. He provides the essential tools necessary for inventing and evolving new languages, using examples from a variety of languages including his own creations.
(Paperback)
By: Julia Cresswell
ISBN: 9780141025162
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Explores cliches and contains famous (and infamous) quotations and memorable information.
(Hardback)
By: Peter Van Schoick
ISBN: 9798350931808
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Paperback)
By: John Pollack
ISBN: 9781592406753
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2012
UK Publication Date: 3rd May 2012
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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Erudite and amusing study of puns.
(Paperback)
By: Fred Sedgwick
ISBN: 9781847062741
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Did you know that 'aardvark' comes from the South African for 'earth pig' Or that 'assassin' actually comes from the Arabic for 'smoker of hashish' This book explains why 'bungalow' comes from Hindi and what exactly 'hello' is short for. It is also a guide to the fascinating origins of everyday words.
(Paperback)
By: Stuart S. Dunmore
ISBN: 9781474491631
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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Exploring the motivations, practices and ethnolinguistic identities of new Gaelic speakers.
(Hardback)
By: Laura Spinney
ISBN: 9780008626525
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
UK Publication Date: 24th April 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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'Lively and fascinating I loved it' David Bellos 'Will stand as the go-to source for a generation at least' John McWhorter
(Paperback)
By: Simon Heffer
ISBN: 9781804940136
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2025
UK Publication Date: 21st August 2025
Publisher: Cornerstone
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(Hardback)
By: Joshua Blackburn
ISBN: 9781526689344
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2025
UK Publication Date: 25th September 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An AZ of intriguing, illuminating and surprising linguistic knowledge, written by the inventor of the bestselling quiz game about words and language, League of the Lexicon.
(Paperback)
By: Madeleine Beekman
ISBN: 9781761634369
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
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(Hardback)
By: Gemini Books
ISBN: 9781786751874
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 23rd January 2025
Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd
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A handy beginner's guide to 'how to speak Yorkshire'.
(Paperback)
By: Grant Tucker
ISBN: 9781785900242
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 11th February 2016
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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5,000 of the funniest one-liners ever told in one definitive volume.
(Paperback)
By: Kevin Barry 'Kel' Richards
ISBN: 9781742233734
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2013
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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Are you seeing your mates this arvo because its been yonks Do you shout ave a go, ya mug to your football team from the stands Perhaps youve recently developed a verandah bum. Aussie English may be the most inventive and creative language in the world. This larrikin lexicography by Kel Richards tells the stories behind almost a thousand Aussie words and phrases.
(Paperback)
By: Lewis Glinert
ISBN: 9780691183091
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Simon Lancaster
ISBN: 9781785904073
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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Revelatory new book about the dangers of misusing language. Author is one of the world's most acclaimed professional speechwriters and has written speeches for Prime Ministers, government ministers and CEOs of some of the biggest companies in the world, including Unilever, HSBC and InterContinental Hotels.
(Hardback)
By: Simon James
ISBN: 9781911042228
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago.
(Paperback)
By: Steven Poole
ISBN: 9781787478589
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2020
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A weird and wonderful word and its meaning for every day of the year.
(Hardback)
By: Katarina Montnmery
ISBN: 9781787134720
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
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Explore the strange world of hilarious Scandinavian sayings with this gorgeous illustrated book.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Daniel Everett
ISBN: 9781781253939
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2018
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A revolutionary account of the origins of language from one of the world's best known and most influential linguists.
(Paperback)
By: Neil James
ISBN: 9781921844508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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'Modern Manglish explores the traditional linguistic traps of mixed metaphors and mispronunciation, new words and old cliches, and euphemisms, tautologies, and jargon. It also exposes the latest Manglish in serially offending professions such as politics, business, and the law.
