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Damp Squid : The Eng;lish language lad bare by Jeremy Butterfield
36.00 NZD
Category: Language
Using evidence provided by the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield uncovers fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How do word meanings change? How is our language really being used? This entertaining book has the up-to-d ...Show more
Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare by Jeremy Butterfield
28.99 NZD
29.99 (3% off)
Category: Language
How many words are there in the English language and where were they born? Why does spelling 'wobble' and why do meanings change? How do words behave towards each other - and how do we behave towards words? And what does this all mean for dictionary-making in the 21st century? This entertaining book has ...Show more
Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Jeremy Butterfield (Editor)
28.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries | Series: Oxford Quick Reference Ser.
Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage is an invaluable reference work that offers the best advice on English usage. Known in previous editions as the 'Pocket Fowler', this third edition is a descendant of the original 1926 edition of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Fowler. ...Show more
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