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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 PENJackendoff, Ray
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Publisher / Publication Date: BasicBooks 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401.9 JACReames, Robin
Summary: "For most of the 2,000-plus years since its foundation as a discipline by ancient Greek thinkers, rhetoric-the art of using language to persuade-was a keystone of a Western education. But in the early 20th century, studying rhetoric fell out of fashion. In The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself, Robin Reames, one of the world's leading scholars of rhetoric, argues that it's high time to bring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 READickson, Paul.
Summary: "William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays, but others--like bedazzled, hurry, critical, and anchovy--are essential parts of our standard vocabulary today. Many other famous and lesser-known writers have contributed to the popular lexicon....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014