Language: History & General Works
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Snails and Monkey Tails
Michael ArndtCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99An entertaining, informative, and elegantly designed guide that makes understanding punctuation marks and symbols simple and fun. ...
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Studia Hibernica Vol. 47
Liverpool University PressCurrent price €70.12Original price €80.60Founded in 1961, Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history and archaeology, Irish folklore a...
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Hyphens & Hashtags*: *The Stories behind the symbols on our keyboard
Claire Cock-StarkeyCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50The punctuation marks, mathematical symbols and glyphs which haunt the edges of our keyboards have evolved over many hundreds of years. They shape ...
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Just the Job: How Trades got their Names
Alexander TullochCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50What did a gongfarmer do? How is a chaperone connected to a bird of prey? What is the etymology behind cloud architect? And is there a link between...
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Librorum Ridiculorum: A Compendium of Bizarre Books
Brian LakeCurrent price €13.83Original price €17.50A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power t...
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Wit''s End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It
James GearyCurrent price €14.93Original price €17.99James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wi...
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The Japanese Language: Learn the Fascinating History and Evolution of the Language Along With Many Useful Japanese Grammar Points
Haruhiko KindaichiCurrent price €13.91Original price €15.99This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language.The Japanese Language is a classic study of one of the world's m...
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The Life of Guy: Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word
Allan MetcalfCurrent price €19.13Original price €21.99Had you said What a guy! in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Tr...
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We Are Not Amused: Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punch
David CrystalCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attra...
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Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Mori Language Under Siege in the 19th Century
Paul MoonCurrent price €20.00Original price €22.99Current price €20.00Original price €22.99Save 13% -
Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language
Darach O'SeaghdhaCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50From the author of the bestselling Motherfoclóir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year. A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR. What do we talk about when we talk...
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Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britains Secret Gay Language
Paul BakerCurrent price €15.65Original price €17.99Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal...
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Craic Baby: Dispatches from a Rising Language
Darach O SeaghdhaCurrent price €11.61Original price €13.99From the author of the bestselling Motherfoclóir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year. A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR. What do we talk about when we talk...
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Found In Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World
Jost ZetzscheCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99Current price €17.39Original price €19.99Save 13% -
The Real McCoy and 149 other Eponyms
Claire Cock-StarkeyCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99The English language is rich with eponyms words that are named after an individual some better known than others. This book features 150 of the m...
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History of the English Language
Bill LucasCurrent price €26.09Original price €29.99A History of the English Language in 100 Places is a joyous ride through time, where readers can criss-cross the British Isles and the world at lar...
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The First English Dictionary 1604: Robert Cawdrey''s ''A Table Alphabeticall''
Robert CawdreyCurrent price €15.23Original price €17.50Here is a real treat for lovers of English the very first dictionary in our language. Contrary to popular opinion, this honour goes not to Samuel ...
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Avoid Them Like the Plague: A Book of Clichés
Nigel FountainCurrent price €10.43Original price €11.99With all the bells and whistles, this intriguing guide to all those everyday phrases really is the bees knees for anyone with a love of the English...
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Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions
Caroline TaggartCurrent price €12.17Original price €13.99A fascinating collection of the many unusual and vibrant phrases that adorn our language, looking at their origins and meanings. Dont be down in th...
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Away with Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions
Joe BerkowitzCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99Fast Company reporter Joe Berkowitz investigates the bizarre and hilarious world of pun competitions from the Punderdome 3000 in Brooklyn to the Wo...
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Unmentionables
Ralph KeyesCurrent price €13.27Original price €15.99We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and...
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Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English
Oliver KammCurrent price €15.23Original price €17.50Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right?To knowingly split an infinitive or not to?And what about ending a sentence with pre...
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From Amourette to al: Bizarre and Beautiful Words from Europe: (For When English Just Wont Do)
Alex RawlingsCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99Fjaka: the sublime state of aspiring to do absolutely nothing. Warmduscher: a warm showerer, meaning a bit of a wimp. Tener mano izquierda: literal...
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