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Watch Your Language!: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children
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Watch Your Language!: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children

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In this lively, playful celebration of the joys and power of language, Gorrell points to all the signs that show English to be alive and well, and, like any other living thing, constantly evolving. Watch Your Language! covers a wide array of topics of interest to all aficionados of English, from political doublespeak to spelling, from etymology to puns and wordgames. Throughout, Gorrell invites readers to share his love for words.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Country
United States
Date
1 March 1994
Pages
232
ISBN
9780874172355

In this lively, playful celebration of the joys and power of language, Gorrell points to all the signs that show English to be alive and well, and, like any other living thing, constantly evolving. Watch Your Language! covers a wide array of topics of interest to all aficionados of English, from political doublespeak to spelling, from etymology to puns and wordgames. Throughout, Gorrell invites readers to share his love for words.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Country
United States
Date
1 March 1994
Pages
232
ISBN
9780874172355