Our Living Language
by Oliver, Kenneth A
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+
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About This Item
Thessaloniki, Greece: Kenneth A. Oliver, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good+. 138pp; Brown cloth boards, decorated endpapers, clean, tight copy, VG+ condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Introduction to language and linguistics. Partial Contents: The Origins and Functions of Language; The Indo-European Language Family; The Separation and Early Development of English; How a Language Grows; The Greeks Had a Word For It; The Roman Invasion; French Influence; A Practical Look at Semantics; more.
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- Book Happy Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006115
- Title
- Our Living Language
- Author
- Oliver, Kenneth A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Kenneth A. Oliver
- Place of Publication
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- language linguistics english indo-european grammar semantics
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- Linguistics;
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