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Where Words Come from: A Dictionary of Word Origins

by Fred Sedgwick

ISBN 13: 9781847062741

Format: Illustrated (222 pages)
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 21 May 2009

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A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang

by Julian Franklyn

ISBN 13: 9780415046022

Format: Paperback (228 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 17 Apr 1975

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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

by Jeremy Butterfield

ISBN 13: 9780199239061

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 30 Oct 2008
Other Format: Paperback

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Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304362257

Format: Paperback (284 pages)
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 14 Mar 2002

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An Atlas of English Dialects

by Clive Upton,J. D. A. Widdowson

ISBN 13: 9780198692744

Format: Paperback (188 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 22 Aug 1996

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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141039565

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Aug 2008
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Fopdoodle and Salmagundi: Words and Meanings from Dr Samuel Johnson's Dictionary That Time Forgot

by Edward Allhusen,Edward Allhusen

ISBN 13: 9781873590638

Format: Hardcover (208 pages)
Publisher: Old House
Published: 01 Jun 2007

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A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet: Its Origins and Various Forms

by John Healey,Rex Smith

ISBN 13: 9780863564314

Format: Illustrated (128 pages)
Publisher: Saqi Books
Published: 10 Mar 2009

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Varieties of Modern English (Learning About Language)

by Dr Diane Davies

ISBN 13: 9780582369962

Format: Paperback (184 pages)
Publisher: Longman
Published: 07 Apr 2005

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The Structure of Spoken and Written Language: Spoken and Written English

by Janet Townend,Jean Walker

ISBN 13: 9781861564290

Format: Paperback (360 pages)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 13 Jan 2006

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Language Change (Language Workbooks)

by Larry Trask

ISBN 13: 9780415085632

Format: Paperback (102 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 28 Apr 1994

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Pidgins and Creoles

by Loreto Todd,Professor Loreto Todd

ISBN 13: 9780415053112

Format: Paperback (128 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06 Sep 1990

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