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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Crystal, David, 1941- Words, words, words. Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (OCoLC)607836331 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Crystal |
| ISBN: | 9780198614449 0198614446 |
| OCLC Number: | 62225116 |
| Description: | viii, 216 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | The universe of words -- The origins of words -- The diversity of words -- The evolution of words -- The enjoyment of words -- Becoming a word detective. |
| Responsibility: | David Crystal. |
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Abstract:
Explores language in its many varieties through words: the very building blocks of our communication. This work invites us to engage linguistically with who we are: to understand what words tell us about where we come from and what we do. It suggests ways that we can look at words anew and get involved with collecting and coining words ourselves.
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