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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tour of the world's twenty most-spoken languages explores the history, geography, linguistics, and cultures that have been shaped by languages and their customs.
3) Cassell's French-English, English-French dictionary: Dictionnaire Francais-Anglais, Anglais-Francais
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1981, c1962
Edition
Completely rev. /
Physical Desc
xiv, 762, 655 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
4th ed. / edited by Nicholas Rollin, Carol Styles Carvajal.
Physical Desc
xlviii, 1943 p. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Translation in Spanish-English and English-Spanish ; and this volume has 300,000 words and phrases; 500,000 translations.
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Language is a wild thing. It is vague and anarchic. Style, meaning, and usage are continually on the move. Throughout history, for every mutation, idiosyncrasy, and ubiquitous mistake, there have been countervailing rules, pronouncements and systems making some attempt to bring language to heel. From the utopian language-builder to the stereotypical grammatical stickler to the programmer trying to teach a computer to translate, Lane Greene takes...
