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008 910424s1991 nyu 001 0 eng
010 _a 91018639
020 _a0671709399
020 _a9780671709396
040 _aDLC
_beng
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050 0 0 _aPE1421
_b.B68 1991
082 0 0 _a428
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084 _aHF 100
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084 _a18.04
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100 1 _aLederer, Richard,
_d1938-
_913870
245 1 4 _aThe miracle of language /
260 _aNew York :
_bPockets Books,
_c�1991.
300 _axvii, 254 pages ;
_c22 cm
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aWinged words -- Cracks in the pane -- The loom of literature -- Write on! -- A gallimaufry for word lovers.
520 _aStudy of the English language and what accounts for its success as the most widely spoken language in the history of humankind.
530 _aAlso issued online.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xStyle.
_913871
650 0 _aLanguage and languages
_vQuotations, maxims, etc.
_913872
653 0 _aEnglish language
_aStyle
653 0 _aLanguage and languages
_aQuotations, maxims, etc
655 7 _aQuotations.
_2fast
_913873
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aLederer, Richard, 1938-
_tMiracle of language.
_dNew York : Pockets Books, �1991
_w(OCoLC)551530705
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780671709396.pdf
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999 _c28475
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