English language + Etymology
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English language + Etymology
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English language + Etymology
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- Semantic antics, how and why words change meaning, Sol Steinmetz
- Common phrases and where they come from, Myron Korach in collaboration with John B. Mordock
- Word myths, debunking linguistic urban legends, David Wilton ; illustrated by Ivan Brunetti
- Everything you know about English is wrong, Bill Brohaugh
- The professor and the madman, a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
- Opening a can of words, by Scott Simons and Evelyn Simons ; illustrated by Martha Underwood
- The book of human emotions, from ambiguphobia to umpty--154 words from around the world for how we feel, Tiffany Watt Smith
- The painted word, a treasure chest of remarkable words and their origins, Phil Cousineau ; Artwork by Gregg Chadwick
- The history of the English language, Seth Lerer
- The language of food, a linguist reads the menu, Dan Jurafsky
- Have a word on me, a celebration of language, Willard R. Espy ; illustrations by Charles C. Hefling, Jr
- 100 words to make you sound smart, from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries
- Bad English, a history of linguistic aggravation, Ammon Shea
- Whose what?, Aaron's beard to Zorn's lemma, Dorothy Rose Blumberg
- Let's bring back the lost language edition, a collection of forgotten-yet-delightful words, phrases, praises, insults, idioms, and literary flourishes from eras past, Lesley M. M. Blume
- Written in stone, a journey through the Stone Age and the origins of Modern Language, Christopher Stevens
- Around the world in 80 words, a journey through the English language, Paul Anthony Jones
- Challenging words for smart people, bringing order to the English language, Richard Lederer
- Tenderfeet and ladyfingers, a visceral approach to words and their origins, Susan Kelz Sperling ; illustrations by Michael C. Witte
- Jesse's word of the day, from abacinate to yonic, Jesse Sheidlower
- Heavens to Betsy!, and other curious sayings, Charles Earle Funk ; with illustrations by Tom Funk
- Sticklers, sideburns & bikinis, the military origins of everyday words and phrases, Graeme Donald
- 101 words and how they began, by Arthur Steckler ; drawings by James Flora
- Linguistic discussion ;, a paper read before the Albany Institute, by George Rogers Howell
- The meaning of everything, the story of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester
- In a manner of speaking, phrases, expressions, and proverbs and how we use and misuse them, Colin McNairn
- The cabinet of linguistic curiosities, a yearbook of forgotten words, Paul Anthony Jones
- All in a word, Vivian Cook
- When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay, seafaring words in everyday speech, Olivia A. Isil
- Word origins and their romantic stories
- A guide to the Oxford English dictionary, Donna Lee Berg
- History of the English language, Seth Lerer, Part 3
- What's in a word?, Illustrated by Bill Granstaff
- History of the English language, Seth Lerer, Part 3 of 3
- A second browser's dictionary, and native's guide to the unknown American language, by John Ciardi
- Our magnificent bastard tongue, the untold history of English, John McWhorter
- The horologicon, a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language, Mark Forsyth
- That doesn't mean what you think it means, the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories, Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras
- 100 words every word lover should know, the 100 words, from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries
- Dictionary of early English, With a pref. by Mark Van Doren
- Much ado about English, up and down the bizarre byways of a fascinating language, Richard Watson Todd
- History of the English language, Seth Lerer, Part 1
- Empire of words, the reign of the OED, John Willinsky
- Studies in etymology, Charles W. Dunmore, Rita M. Fleischer
- Reading the OED, one man, one year, 21,730 pages, Ammon Shea
- The story of English in 100 words, David Crystal
- Founding grammars, how early America's war over words shaped today's language, Rosemarie Ostler
- Semantic antics, how and why words change meaning, Sol Steinmetz
- The history of the English language, Professor Seth Lerer
- 100 words to make you sound smart, from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries
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