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Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
Um Slips Stumbles and Verbal Blunders and What They Mean
Author: Michael Erard
Um… is about how you really speak, and why it’s normal for your casual, everyday speech to be filled with verbal blunders — about one in every ten words. Why do they happen? Why can’t we control them? What can you tell about the people who make them? — In this charming, engaging account of language in the wild, linguist an...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780375423567
ISBN-10: 0375423567
Publication Date: 8/21/2007
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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