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English Words: Structure, History, Usage

Author:Francis Katamba. Editor:Routledge.

From £16.20

Structure, History, Usage English Words Structure, History, Usage By FRANCIS KATAMBA Price: £22.99 Add to Cart ISBN: 978-0-415-29893-3 Binding: Paperback (also available in...

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Language Change (Intertext)

Author:Adrian Beard. Editor:Routledge.

From £7.50

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Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Dictionary)

Author:Chambers Harrap. Editor:Chambers Harrap.

From £14.65

With over 30,000 entries, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology is a prestigious and scholarly dictionary that explains where English words come from. An important etymological...

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Chelp and Chunter: How to Talk Tyke

Author:Ian McMillan. Editor:Collins.

From £0.01

Learn to talk Tyke with this Collins guide to the Yorkshire dialect. From the literary landscapes of the BrontA"s' moors and James Herriot's dales, to the contemporary...

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The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

Author:Henry Hitchings. Editor:John Murray.

From £3.54

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have...

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Origins: An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Author:Partridge Eric. Editor:Routledge.

From £32.79

A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English Origins A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English By Eric Partridge Price: $80.00 Add to Cart ISBN: 978-0-415-47433-7...

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Balderdash and Piffle

Author:Alex Games. Editor:BBC Books.

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/ This companion to the successful BBC1 Big Cat Diary series, goes beyond the day-to-day footage to explore the bigger picture of the lives of cheetahs in Africa. Having lived...

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Football Club Origins and Nicknames

Author:Michael Heatley. Editor:Ian Allan Ltd.

From £2.97

Why is it that Everton are known as 'the Toffees'? And why are Peterborough referred to as 'Posh'? This book presents these, and many other obscure football facts. It looks...

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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even...

Author:Albert Jack. Editor:Penguin.

From £2.77

The English language is crammed with colorful phrases and sayings that we use without thinking every day. This book explores the origins of phrases from the rich traditions of...

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Balderdash and Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a...

Author:Alex Games. Editor:BBC Books.

From £6.28

"Balderdash and Piffle: "One Sandwich Short of a Dogs Dinner" is a thrilling ride through the provocative, bewildering and often downright bizarre world of language and...

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Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning...

Author:Marina Orlova. Editor:Collins.

From £3.86

Organised like the high school curriculum you wish you'd had, this book takes students from Homeroom to Phys Ed, History, Science, Detention, and more. It provides pop quiz...

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Foyle's Further Philavery

Author:Christopher Foyle. Editor:Chambers Harrap.

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This book is a must-have for everyone who enjoyed Foyle's Philavery. Like its predecessor, it brings together a plethora of words which appeal on account of their unusual...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories (Oxford...

Author:OUP Oxford. Editor:OUP Oxford.

From £2.40

Why did a Roman soldier connect the word salary with salt? The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories describes the origins and sense development of thousands of core words of the...

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Green-Eyed Monsters and Good Samaritans: Literary...

Author:Leonard Mann. Editor:McGraw-Hill Contemporary.

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This book covers how King Midas' touch became golden and other stories behind everyday phrases, idioms, and literary allusions. Finding silver would not spark the same...

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Simply the Best Baby Name Book

Author:Stuart Wilson. Editor:Macmillan.

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A guide to choosing the right name for your baby. From the author's of The Pan Book of Babies Names , comes a big book that covers traditional names thoroughly, and new names...

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Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary

Author:Michael Quinion. Editor:OUP Oxford.

From £0.96

This entertaining book looks at words which have vanished from current English and offers fascinating insights into the lives and beliefs of the past from an unexpected angle....

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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

Author:Jeremy Butterfield. Editor:OUP Oxford.

From £3.50

Using evidence from the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield uncovers fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our...

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The Secret Life Of The English Language: Buttering...

Author:Martin H. Manser. Editor:Phoenix.

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Our langauge is one of delight and curiosity. BUTTERING PARSNIPS, TWOCKING CHAVS is a guided tour of English, exploring the origins of words, their changing meaning, lexical...

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Facts On File Encyclopedia Of Word And Phrase Origins

Author:Robert Hendrickson. Editor:Facts on File Inc.

From £12.32

This is an updated encyclopedia that explores the origins of thousands of words and phrases.The most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind, "The Facts On File...

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Dictionary of Word Origins

Author:L. Flavell. Editor:Kyle Cathie.

From £4.68

Words are the building blocks of language, but their derivations are often stories in themselves. Have you ever wondered why we wear perfume, read magazines, vote for...

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