Words on Words: Quotations About Language and Languages (Penguin Reference Books)

by David Crystal (Author), HilaryCrystal (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.28

  WORDS ON WORDS is a unique dictionary of quotations about language and languages from one of the UK's leading language experts. With its thematic structure relating to all aspects of language, this inspired collection is a delight for anyone with an interest in language.Authors range from Wilde to Wordsworth, Darwin to Dickens, James Bond to Dr Johnson, Plato to Winnie-the-Pooh.Robert McCrum: (Observer 4/6/00): 'a unique anthology that celebrates the raw material of any good poem, or, indeed, any prose passage of consequence.'The Good Book Guide: 'an engrossing compendium of quotations about language...the Crystals have... produced a joyful romp through a forest of quotations.'

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $4.23

  WORDS ON WORDS is a unique dictionary of quotations about language and languages from one of the UK's leading language experts. With its thematic structure relating to all aspects of language, this inspired collection is a delight for anyone with an interest in language. Authors range from Wilde to Wordsworth, Darwin to Dickens, James Bond to Dr Johnson, Plato to Winnie-the-Pooh.