Wordwatching: Field Notes of an Amateur Philologist

By Julian Burnside

Book Overview

A bonzer discussion of the strange pedigree of the naughty, nice , and, sometimes, obscene English language. We live in a torrent of words - from radio and television, books and newspapers, and now... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560258403
• ISBN13: 9781560258407
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 5.0"