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OK

The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
Allan Metcalf
$13.95
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Paperback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199892532ISBN10: 0199892539 A fascinating account of the life and times of America's greatest single contribution to the world of language--"OK"
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The Early English Impersonal Construction

An Analysis of Verbal and Constructional Meaning
Ruth Möhlig-Falke
$74.00
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Hardback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199777723ISBN10: 0199777721 The Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today

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The Life of Slang

Julie Coleman
$27.95
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Hardback,  Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780199571994ISBN10: 0199571996 A lively look at the history and quicksilver nature of slang, ranging from the earliest records to the latest tweet
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Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English

and Their Indo-European Ancestry
D. Gary Miller
$55.00
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Paperback,  Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780199646432ISBN10: 0199646430 The fullest account ever published of Latin suffixes in English
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Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English

Anneli Meurman-Solin, Maria Jose Lopez-Couso, Bettelou Los
$74.00
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Hardback,  Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780199860210ISBN10: 0199860211 The first book to apply information structure as it relates to language change

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The Dozens

A History of Rap's Mama
Elijah Wald
$24.95
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Hardback,  May 2012 ISBN13: 9780199895403ISBN10: 0199895406 The first in-depth look at the funny, foul, street-language game of insults known as "the dozens" and its influence on American music and culture
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English Accents and Dialects

An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles
Fifth Edition
Arthur Hughes, Peter Trugdill, Dominic Watt
$45.00
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Paperback,  May 2012 ISBN13: 9781444121384ISBN10: 1444121383 An essential guide to the varieties of English spoken in Britain and Ireland today.
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Slang

The People's Poetry
Michael Adams
$17.95
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Paperback,  Aug 2012 ISBN13: 9780199913770ISBN10: 0199913773 Michael Adams defends slang -- and all forms of nonstandard English -- as integral parts of the American language
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External Influences on English

From its Beginnings to the Renaissance
D. Gary Miller
$110.00
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Hardback,  Sep 2012 ISBN13: 9780199654260ISBN10: 0199654263 A fascinating history of the influences on English during the first thousand years of its formation
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