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Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
Words on the Move Why English Won't and Can't Sit Still - Like, Literally
Author: John McWhorter
A best-selling linguist takes us on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes - and why we should embrace this transformation and not fight it. Language is always changing - but we tend not to like it. We understand that new words must be created for new things, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781250143785
ISBN-10: 1250143780
Publication Date: 9/12/2017
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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