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Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A tour of the world's languages throughout history offers insight into human communications while challenging popular beliefs about grammar, discussing such topics as the ways linguists hear speech, the world's vanishing languages, and the hodgepodge nature of English.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Who decided not to split infinitives? With whom should we take issue if in fact, we wish to boldly write what no grammarian hath writ before? In Founding Grammars, Rosemarie Ostler delves into the roots of our grammar obsession to answer these questions and many more. Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are much more contentious -- capable of?inciting a full-blown...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"In day-to-day speech, we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term "bad hair day," or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of "canned laughter" for television, or that "cold turkey" as a term...
Author
Publisher
C. N. Potter; distributed by Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Rise of the surname -- Classification of surnames -- Occupational surnames -- The potters -- The smiths -- Smiths who made weapons -- Smiths who made armor -- The bow and arrow -- Smiths who worked with nonferrous metals -- The building trades -- the wool industry -- Linen, silk and other fabrics -- The leather industry -- The farming industry -- Millers, sieve makers, bakers, spicers and salters -- Shipping and merchants -- Innkeepers and beverage...
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