Title:
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WORDS ON WORDS
QUOTATIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES |
By: |
David Crystal (Editor), Hilary Crystal (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£25.50 |
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ISBN 10: |
0226122018 |
ISBN 13: |
9780226122014 |
Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 October, 2000 |
Edition: |
2nd ed. |
Pages: |
592 |
Description: |
From Homer to Robert Burns to Rudyard Kipling, writers from all over the world have put pen to paper on the inexhaustible topic of language. This work has collected nearly 5000 quotations about language, and all its aspects - speaking, reading, writing, translation and verbosity, for example. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |