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In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Anguished English, Common Phrases is a fascinating guide to the origins of our language. Wonderful stories reveal the real meaning of …

Audio recordings of English are available from the first half of the twentieth century and thus complement the written data sources for the recent history of the language. This …

Das Jiddische als die Umgangssprache der Juden Deutschlands und der nach Osteuropa ausgewanderten deutschsprachigen Juden seit dem Mittelalter stellt einen Teil der deutschen …

Now available as an ebook. The follow-up to The World's Best Drinking Jokes.This collection of drinking jokes is aimed at anybody who is either fond of a drop, or knows someone …

This investigation is a qualitative analysis of the etymological, the morphological and the semantic history of the Old English complex plant names as a lexical field, and an …

In every walk of life, from relationships, to work, to politics, sport and the news, our everyday use of English harbours duplicities of meaning. We say 'I'm sorry' when we mean …

American Voices is a collection of short, readable descriptions of various American dialects, written by top researchers in the field. written by top researchers in the field and …

With more ';yes ma'ams,' ';no sirs,' casseroles, and monograms than you can shake a stick at, this book will have you pondering, and chuckling at, the origins of Southern idioms …

Von Adam bis Vanderbilt Mark Twain - Dieser Band bietet ein Sammelsurium komischer und teilweise verrückter Kurzgeschichten. Twain war ein Vertreter des Literatur-Genres …

This book makes accessible the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and emphasises the importance of a detailed understanding of the dialects for issues in general …