Book Details
The Origins of Words and Phrases
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Summary
Reveals the secrets, scandals and surprises behind the words used every day.
Reveals the secrets, scandals and surprises behind the words used every day. This book includes the stories and the personalities that have helped shape the English language from William Shakespeare and Lord Byron, to Rudyard Kipling and Salmon Rushdie.
Perfect for fans of Historical & Comparative Linguistics, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Linguistics, Social Sciences Books.
Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 384 pages · Hardcover
- By unknown
Details
- ISBN: 9780276442445
- Author: unknown
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 384
- Language: English
- Publication date: 29 February 2008
- Condition: New
About the authors
unknown and Reader's Digest Association, Limited · Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Reviews
This book includes the stories and the personalities that have helped shape the English language from William Shakespeare and Lord Byron, to Rudyard Kipling and Salmon Rushdie.
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