You know what I mean? : words, contexts and communication / Ruth Wajnryb.

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Wajnryb, Ruth

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511429965
0511429967
0511429584
9780511429583
9780511427787
0511427786
9780511487064
0511487061

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: You know what I mean?.DDC classification:

428 22

LOC classification:

PE1460 .W215 2008eb

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Contents:

Nuts and bolts -- Word behaviours -- Between the lines -- Political -- Inspired by books, films and media -- Gender -- Text-types -- Fields of discourse -- Word biographies -- World Englishes.

Summary: Does a word mean what it says? Sometimes - but not always. In this book Wajnryb considers these and other questions to explore how and why our language works the way it does.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-225).

Nuts and bolts -- Word behaviours -- Between the lines -- Political -- Inspired by books, films and media -- Gender -- Text-types -- Fields of discourse -- Word biographies -- World Englishes.

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Does a word mean what it says? Sometimes - but not always. In this book Wajnryb considers these and other questions to explore how and why our language works the way it does.

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