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A lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of t...

Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish empl...

The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life, and linguists are increasingly studyin...

Now in its third edition, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language provides the most co...

Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutt...

ohne DAS GROSSE FINALE: DIE LETZTE STAFFEL DER ERFOLGSSERIEDie Verfilmung von Jane Austens unvoll...

DIE FULMINANTE VERFILMUNG VON JANE AUSTENS LETZTEM ROMANDurch einen Zufall verschlägt es die jung...

Diese komplett überarbeitete Ausgabe enthält alle aktuellen Entwicklungen und Themen, die seit Mi...

It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'corre...

Linguist David Crystal's absorbing journey through the origins of seasonal English words and phra...

This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the general title of 'Disorders o...