Phraseology: Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions
Phraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful words and phrases found in the English language.Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD is the author of many list and reference books. Barbara has an MPhil and PhD in Linguistics from University of Exeter, a PhD in...
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Phraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful words and phrases found in the English language.Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD is the author of many list and reference books. Barbara has an MPhil and PhD in Linguistics from University of Exeter, a PhD in Archaeology, an MA in Buddhist Studies from Greenwich University, and a BS in Physical Education from Valparaiso University. A lexicographer and part-time archaeologist, Barbara is the managing editor of Lexico LLC.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402212871 (1402212879)
Publish date: October 1st 2008
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Now that I've perused the book, I've come to realize the dictionary-esque reality of the book. This wasn't really what I was expecting. I thought it would be a little less... alphabetical and a little more topic organized. Still, it is occasionally the font of some interesting tidbits. For instance,...
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