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David Crystal and Hilary Crystal - Words on Words: Quotations About Language and Languages

David Crystal and Hilary Crystal - Words on Words: Quotations About Language and Languages
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Authors: Hilary Crystal
Nonfiction Category: Language Arts & Disciplines · Reference
Professional Reviews
: Times Literary Supplement: "The user of WORDS ON WORDS will quickly conclude that words are not so easily pigeonholed as the tidy-minded would wish. No doubt the Crystals would agree; after all, they have recorded Henry Adams's maxim, 'words are slippery and thought is viscous.'"
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: Format: Hardcover, 580
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (October 15, 2000)
Measurements: 9"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 2"(d), 2.25 lbs.
ISBN: 9780226122014
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Details: This reference book contains 4,000 quotations regarding many aspects of language. Memorable comments by T. S. Eliot, Henry James, Ambrose Bierce, and hundreds of others illuminate issues of style, usage, and the philosophy of language. A thorough key word and subject index helps organize the collection.
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