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Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue And Her Wayward Children
Robert Gorrell
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Description for Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue And Her Wayward Children
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
In this lively, playful celebration of the joys and power of language, Gorrell points to all the signs that show English to be alive and well, and, like any other living thing, constantly evolving. Watch Your Language! covers a wide array of topics of interest to all aficionados of English, from political doublespeak to spelling, from etymology to puns and wordgames. Throughout, Gorrell invites readers to share his love for words.
In this lively, playful celebration of the joys and power of language, Gorrell points to all the signs that show English to be alive and well, and, like any other living thing, constantly evolving. Watch Your Language! covers a wide array of topics of interest to all aficionados of English, from political doublespeak to spelling, from etymology to puns and wordgames. Throughout, Gorrell invites readers to share his love for words.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874172355
SKU
V9780874172355
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Ref
99-15
About Robert Gorrell
Robert Gorrell is professor of English emeritus at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author of more than a dozen books and his weekly newspaper column ""Straight Talk"" was published in the Reno Gazette-Journal for thirteen years through 1995. He is the recipient of numerous distinguished service awards from the University of Nevada, Reno, the Nevada Humanities Committee, ... Read more
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