Words Words Words |
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| Author:
| Crystal, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-861444-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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In Words, Words, Words, David Crystal takes readers on a fascinating linguistic adventure, exploring the English language in all its oddity, complexity, and ever-changing beauty. Crystal covers a wide range of topics, from how to to estimate the size of your vocabulary, and the function of jargon to the value of slang, spoonerisms and malapropisms, dialect humor, taboo words, how to become a word detective, and much more!
In Words, Words, Words, David Crystal takes readers on a fascinating linguistic adventure, exploring the English language in all its oddity, complexity, and ever-changing beauty. Crystal covers a wide range of topics, from how to to estimate the size of your vocabulary, and the function of jargon to the value of slang, spoonerisms and malapropisms, dialect humor, taboo words, how to become a word detective, and much more!