Word Myths and Word Origins

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The World's Writing Systems

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This is the only work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from ancient times to the present, showing how alphabets, ideograms, pictographs, and hieroglyphics convey meaning in graphic form.


International Encyclopedia of Linguistics

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English Vocabulary Elements

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes

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Language Matters

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A Natural History of Latin

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Foundations of Language

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All About Language

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Barry Blake explains every aspect of how language works - in conversation, writing, and the brain - and how it never stops changing.


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