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The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For

The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For

Douglas Adams

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Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain

Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain

Susie Dent

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The Dawn of Language: The story of how we came to talk

The Dawn of Language: The story of how we came to talk

Sverker Johansson

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Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover

Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover

Harry Mount

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A Barrel of Monkeys: A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Animals

A Barrel of Monkeys: A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Animals

Samuel Fanous

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Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language

Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language

David Crystal

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Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions

Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions

Caroline Taggart

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Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them (I Used to Know That)

Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them (I Used to Know That)

Judy Parkinson

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A History of English (RLE: English Language): (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language)

A History of English (RLE: English Language): (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language)

Barbara M. H. Strang

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Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation

Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation

Okim Kang

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Questions of Intonation: (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language)

Questions of Intonation: (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language)

Gillian Brown

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OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

Allan Metcalf

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