Words on Words
Quotations about Language and Languages
2nd Edition
Published on 15. October 2000
Book
Hardback
592 pages
978-0-226-12201-4 (ISBN)
Description
From Homer to Robert Burns to Rudyard Kipling, writers from all over the world have put pen to paper on the inexhaustible topic of language. This work has collected nearly 5000 quotations about language, and all its aspects - speaking, reading, writing, translation and verbosity, for example.
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Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 162 mm
Weight
990 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-12201-4 (9780226122014)
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