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Origins Of The Specious : Myths And Misconceptions Of The English Language

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Indo-European Etymological Dictionary IEED

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The Secret Life Of Words : How English Became English

  • The Secret Life Of Words : How English Became English

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    Henry Hitchings

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    Book, 1st American ed, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

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    Words are essential to our everyday lives. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English language and vocabulary, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change, and remind us of our past. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PE1580 .H45 2008  AVAILABLE

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Word Myths : Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

  • Word Myths : Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

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    David Wilton ; illustrated by Ivan Brunetti

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    Book, Oxford University Press, 2009

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    In Word Myths, David Wilton debunks some of the most spectacularly wrong word histories in common usage, giving us the real stories behind many linguistic urban legends. The term “upset” (to defeat unexpectedly) does not date from the horse race when the heavily favored Man O’ War was beaten by a nag named Upset (Upset was the only horse ever to defeat Man O’ War, but the word predates the race by half a century). As Wilton quashes these word myths, he offers us the best of both worlds: not only do we learn the many wrong stories behind these words, we also learn why and how they were created–and what the real story is. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     BROWSING (MAIN)  PE1584 .W55 2009  AVAILABLE

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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue : The Untold History Of English

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Reading The OED : One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

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Inventing English : A Portable History Of The Language

  • Inventing English : A Portable History Of The Language

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    Seth Lerer

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    Book, Columbia University Press, 2007

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    Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? Seth Lerer’s Inventing English is a masterful, engaging history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. He finds the traces of the Great Vowel Shift in the spelling choices of letter writers of the fifteenth century and explores the achievements of Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of 1755 and The Oxford English Dictionary of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PE1075 .L47 2007  AVAILABLE

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The Life Of Language : The Fascinating Ways Words Are Born, Live & Die

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The Etymologies Of Isidore Of Seville

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The Real McCoy : The True Stories Behind Our Everyday Phrases

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Weeds In The Garden Of Words : Further Observations On The Tangled History Of The English Language

  • Weeds In The Garden Of Words : Further Observations On The Tangled History Of The English Language

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    Kate Burridge

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    Book, Cambridge University Press, 2005

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    Kate Burridge follows the international success of Blooming English with another entertaining excursion into the ever-changing nature of the complex and captivating English language. And, as she so deftly accomplished in Blooming English, Burridge goes on here to further celebrate our capacity to play with language, and to examine the ways we use it: in slang and jargon, swearing, speaking the unspeakable, or concealing unpleasant or inconvenient facts. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PE1574 .B87 2005  AVAILABLE

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Word Routes : Journeys Through Etymology

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New Keywords : A Revised Vocabulary Of Culture And Society

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Word Origins– : And How We Know Them

  • Word Origins-- : And How We Know Them

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    Anatoly Liberman

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    Book, Oxford University Press, 2005

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    Perhaps if someone explained to them that, compared to the drama of words, Hamlet is a light farce, they might develop a more informed attitude toward philological research and become students of historical linguistics rather than gullible consumers of journalists’ pap.”–Anatoly Liberman Word Origins is the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PE1574 .L43 2005  AVAILABLE

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What In The Word? : Wordplay, Word Lore, And Answers To The Peskiest Questions About Language

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