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The English
Language This page is intended for the general reader who is interested in the English language; no academic textbooks or websites are included. Books Amis, Kingsley. The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage. HarperCollins, 1998. Bragg, Melvyn. The Adventure of English: 500 AD to 2000, The Biography of a Language. Sceptre, 2003. Bryson, Bill. Mother Tongue: The English Language. Penguin Books, 1991. Bryson, Bill. Made in America: An informal history of the English language in the United States. Black Swan, 1998. Quinion, Michael. Port Out, Starboard Home and Other Language Myths: The fascinating stories we tell about the words we use. Penguin Books, 2004. O' Donnell, Jim. Wordgloss: A Cultural Lexicon. Lilliput, 2005. Winchester, Simon. The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2004. Wurman, Richard Saul. InformationAnxiety2. Que, 2001. Websites www.askoxford.com the website of the Oxford dictionaries and language publications www.bartleby.com access to many reference works www.phrases.org.uk the meaning and origin of phrases and sayings www.word-detective.com words and language in a humourous vein, by Evan Morris www.worldwidewords.org Michael Quinion's website about the oddities of the English language www.yourdictionary.com access to dictionaries, and related information about language
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