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Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
David Shariatmadari - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining and highly informed guide to what languages are and how they function.Everyone likes to think they know a bit about language: There are some words that you simply can't translate into English. The origin of a word tells you how it should be used. A dialect is inferior... |
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Gretchen McCulloch - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured... |
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Gregg Shorthand
John Robert Gregg - Digireads.com
Format: Paperback
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First appearing in a pamphlet in 1888, "Gregg Shorthand" is the popular and enduring form of shorthand created by Irish publisher and inventor John Robert Gregg. The system was expanded, revised, and published in multiple book editions over several decades and has become one of the most... |
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5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children's Books
Melissa Stewart - Stenhouse Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Once upon a time, nonfiction books for children routinely included concise, stodgy writing. Most of the books were text heavy, with just a few scattered images decorating, rather than enhancing, the content and meaning. But nonfiction has changed dramatically over the last two decades,... |
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