The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 440 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780374254100 (alk. paper)
- 0374254109 (alk. paper)
- 9780719564543 (hbk.)
- 0719564549 (hbk.)
- 422 22
- PE1580 .H45 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-404) and indexes.