(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.
(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.
(Hardback)
By: David Crystal
ISBN: 9781399823890
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2026
UK Publication Date: 16th October 2025
Publisher: John Murray Press
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A charming, unique, entertaining and informative English Language Miscellany.
(, Special ed.)
By: Andrew Thompson
ISBN: 9781612439648
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2026
UK Publication Date: 28th October 2025
Publisher: Ulysses Press
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(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.
(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: Diana Eades
ISBN: 9781922059260
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
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(Hardback)
By: Steven Connor
ISBN: 9781780232584
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2014
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Aristotle defined voice as "a particular sound made by something with asoul; for nothing which does not have a soul has a voice". Beyond Words
(Hardback)
By: Paul Baker
ISBN: 9781789141320
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, erudition and tenderness. He traces its historical origins and describes its linguistic nuts and bolts, explores the ways and the environments in which it was spoken, explains the reasons for its decline, and tells of its unlikely re-emergence in the twenty-first century.
(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: Kel Richards
ISBN: 9781742232317
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2015
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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Today there is clearly a distinctive Australian regional dialect with its own place among the global family of Englishes. A lively narrative, this book tells the story of the birth, rise and triumphant progress of the colourful dingo lingo that we know today as Aussie English.
(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: 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.
(Hardback)
By: Eamon Evans
ISBN: 9781742702599
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2012
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
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(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.
(Hardback)
By: John Rentoul
ISBN: 9781742704302
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2012
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
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