(Paperback)
By: John Simpson
ISBN: 9780349141008
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th July 2017
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The story of words, cultures, the OED and John Simpson, a word detective with thirty-seven years of dictionary experience and twenty years as Chief Editor of the world's most important dictionary
(Paperback)
By: Guy Deutscher
ISBN: 9780099505570
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
UK Publication Date: 3rd February 2011
Publisher: Cornerstone
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Does language reflect the culture of a society Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes.
(Paperback)
By: Ralph Keyes
ISBN: 9781848542075
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: John Murray Press
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A witty and comprehensive exploration of euphemestic language andwhat our euphemisms reveal about us
(Paperback)
By: Boze Hadleigh
ISBN: 9781632205575
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(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.
(Paperback)
By: Katie Haegele
ISBN: 9781621060116
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
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"This is Microcosm [publication] #133"--Title-page verso.
(Hardback)
By: Lewis Glinert
ISBN: 9780691153292
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Bhalla Jag
ISBN: 9781426204586
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2009
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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If youre already fluent in 10 languages, you probably wont need this book, but youll get a kick out of it anyhow; for the rest of us, its a must.
(Hardback)
By: Dianne Bardsley
ISBN: 9781877385841
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: Te Papa Press
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This elegant, expert, and utterly up-to-date book contains over 1,500 samples from New Zealands distinctive vocabulary.
(Paperback)
By: NJ Enfield
ISBN: 9781541645028
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Basic Books
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(Hardback, Main)
By: Jonathon Green
ISBN: 9781848878983
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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The entertaining, shocking and surprising story of slang, as told by Britain's foremost slang lexicographer.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Steven Mithen
ISBN: 9781800811584
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 7th March 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A groundbreaking new account of prehistory from one of the most esteemed archaeologists working today
(Hardback)
By: Peter Bowler
ISBN: 9781742230054
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2008
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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The Superior Person's Field Guide is a call for the return to simple, straightforward words that say what they mean and mean what they say.
(Hardback)
By: Bill Lucas
ISBN: 9780709095705
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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A History of the English Language in 100 Places is a joyous ride through time, where readers can criss-cross the British Isles and the world at large to land in a hundred contrasting places and light on a hundred wonderful topics that bring the extraordinary story of the English language alive.
(Hardback)
By: Yee-Lum Mak
ISBN: 9781452125343
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 2nd August 2016
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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(Paperback)
By: Robert Lane Greene
ISBN: 9781863955416
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher: Black Inc.
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(Paperback)
By: Mark Forsyth
ISBN: 9781785781728
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2016
Publisher: Icon Books
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A new cover look for all three of Mark Forsyth's brilliant books on words and phrases, on the 5th anniversary of The Etymologicon's publication.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Forsyth
ISBN: 9781785781704
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2016
Publisher: Icon Books
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A new cover look for the 5th anniversary of Mark Forsyth's brilliant Sunday Times Number One bestseller.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Forsyth
ISBN: 9781785781711
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2016
Publisher: Icon Books
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A new cover look for all three of Mark Forsyth's brilliant books on words and phrases, on the 5th anniversary of The Etymologicon's publication.
