Lederer on Language: A Celebration of English, Good Grammar, and Wordplay - Softcover

Lederer, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936863138 ISBN 13: 9781936863136

Verlag: Marion Street Press Inc., 2012

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Book by Lederer Richard

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"If you love words, you will love Richard Lederer's immensely entertaining collection of essays on the English language." -- Dallas Morning News "A rollicking memoir of one man's lifelong love affair with language. . . . This is Lederer at his verbivorous, language-besotted best." --Martha Barnette, author, Dog Days and Dandelions "Richard Lederer ought to be declared a national treasure." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch

Reseña del editor:

In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Richard Lederer offers readers more of the irrepressible wordplay and linguistic high jinks his fans can't get enough of, along with observations on a life in letters. From an inner-city classroom to a wordy weekend retreat, from centuries-old etymological legacies to the latest in slang, dialects, and fadspeak, these essays transport, inform, and entertain as only Lederer can. The book includes more than 30 chapters, such as A Declaration of Linguistic Independence, Our Uppity English Language, Etymological Snapshots, and Jest for the Pun of It.

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• Verlag: Marion Street Press Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1936863138
• ISBN 13: 9781936863136
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168