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Jersey Norman French: A Linguistic Study of an Obsolescent Dialect (Publications of the Philological Society)

By Jones, Mari C.

The Old Fashioned Rules of Grammar (Old-fashioned S.)

By Wright, Catherine

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

By Geoffrey Broughton, Christopher Brumfit, Roger Flavell, Anita Pincas, Peter Hill

Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive

By Yule, Sir Henry, Burnell, A. C., Crooke, WILLIAM

Linguistics and the Teacher (Language, Education, and Society)

By Carter, Ronald

Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions (Sailmate)

By Beavis, Bill

The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

By Henry Hitchings

The Secret Life of Words

By Hitchings, Henry

Essential English Skills Book 1 (of 6) Compatible with English Skills Answers and Teacher's Guide

By Carol Matchett

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins

By Ayto, John

Neologisms: New Words Since 1960

By Green, Jonathon

Dictionary of Word Origins (Bloomsbury reference)

By Ayto, John

Best Baby Names

By Julia Cresswell, Cresswell, Julia

An Introduction to Old English (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language)

By Hogg, Richard

An Introduction to International Varieties of English (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language)

By Bauer, Laurie

An Introduction to Old English (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language)

By Richard Hogg, Rhona Alcorn

Gang Slang: A Dictionary of Criminal and Sexual Slang

By Morton, James

Written in Stone: An entertaining time-travelling jaunt through the Stone Age origins of our modern-day language

By Stevens, Christopher

English Grammar for Dummies - US Edition (American English)

By Geraldine Woods

Altered English: Surprising Meanings of Familiar Words

By Kacirk, Jeffrey

Individual Differences in Language Development: 7 (Individual Differences and Development)

By Shore, Cecilia M.

Dunces, Gourmands and Petticoats (Artful Wordsmith Series)

By Room, Adrian

Brilliant Activities for Creative Writing, Year 6-Activities for Developing Writing Composition Skills

By Yates, Irene

Carpe Diem - Seize the Day: Little Book of Latin Phrases (Sayings, quotations, proverbs)

By McMahon, Sean, McMahon, Sean, Murphy, Mary

Lincolnshire Dialects

By G. Edward Campion, J.D.A. Widdowson

The Wile Big Derry Phrasebook

By Seamus McConnell

Teaching Tenses: Ideas for Presenting and Practising Tenses in English

By Aitken, Rosemary

Creating Conversation in Class: Student-centred Interaction (Professional Perspectives)

By Sion, Chris

Well I Never Knew That! Did Romans Design the Space Shuttle?: The Roman Empire - Fascinating Facts and Everyday Phrases Explained (Well I Never Knew That 1)

By Ryding, Peter

Engaging ESL Students: Building Background

By Evans, Linda