fanboys and overdogs: the language report (Hardcover)

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Hardcover: 175 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (Nov 15 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0192806769
ISBN-13: 978-0192806765
Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13.2 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 341 g
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'the indispensible annual updates in neologisms.' Iain Finlayson, The Times

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`Review from previous edition Review from previous edition 'the language report' 'is a breathtaking guided tour of the state of the English language in 2003'' Daily Express 5/11/03

`The 'book gives a thoroughly entertaining and informative look at the way our language is constantly evolving.'' Daily Express 5/11/03

`Dent's survey of contemporary word usage is lively' Time Out

`punchy themed chapters' The Guardian

`'Susie Dent's 'the language report' combines a journalist's eye for recent quotes, slang, and coinages with a scholar's sense of the growth of English as a global family of tongues.'' The Independent

`A lively volume.' Robert McCrum, The Observer

`Review from previous edition 'the language report' 'is a breathtaking guided tour of the state of the English language in 2003'' Daily Express 5/11/03

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