English language - Etymology
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
$17.00 Add to cartA survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar
Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1592404944
- Language: English
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Every Word Tells a Story: An Extraordinary A to Z of Etymological Exploration
$22.99 Read moreTom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story.
See how the English language evol
- Author: Read Wilson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0711277532
- Language: English
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The Weird World of Words: A Guided Tour
$11.99 Read moreDid you know that ‘Almost’ is the longest word in the English language with all of its letters in alphabetical order ? Or that ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word you can type solely with your left han
- Author: Symons, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1936976935
- Language: English
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Studies in Words
$24.00 Add to cartLanguage – in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings – is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis’s Studies in Words explores this fascination … [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2013
- ISBN10: 1107688655
- Language: English
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
$26.99 Add to cart“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy
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- Author: Montell, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 006286887X
- Language: English
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
$20.00 Add to cartThis perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, do you know why a mortgage is literally a “death pledge”? Why guns have g… [more below]
- Author: Forsyth, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0425260798
- Language: English
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Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words
$30.00 Add to cart“A fascinating look at how we talk about women. . . . Dense with information and anecdotes, Mother Tongue touches on the hilarious and the devastating, with ample dashes of an ingredient so painfully … [more below]
- Author: Nuttall, Jenni
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0593299574
- Language: English
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
$18.99 Add to cart“A narrative full of suspense, pathos and humor. . . . In this elegant book [Winchester] has created a vivid parable, in the spirit of Nabokov and Borges. There is much truth to be drawn from it, abou
- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0063341905
- Language: English
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
$21.99 Add to cart“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy
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- Author: Montell, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 0062868888
- Language: English
