Beyond Words - How Language Reveals the Way We Live Now

Zusatztext 'for all those who care about the English language' Informationen zum Autor John Humphrys has reported from all over the world for the BBC and presented its frontline news programmes on both radio and television, in a broadcasting career spanning forty years. He has won a string of national awards and been described as a 'national treasure'. He owned a dairy farm for ten years and has homes in Greece and London. Following his bestselling Lost for Words , the ever-popular John Humphrys takes a provocative look at the hidden attitudes that lie behind so many of our current phrases and expressions. Zusammenfassung Following his bestselling Lost for Words! the ever-popular John Humphrys takes a provocative look at the hidden attitudes that lie behind so many of our current phrases and expressions.

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Product details

• Authors: John Humphrys, Humphrys John
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.06.2007
• EAN: 9780340923764
• ISBN: 978-0-340-92376-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Dialect, slang & jargon, Dialect, slang and jargon