Title You know what I mean? : words, contexts and communication / Ruth Wajnryb.

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Description	1 online resource (225 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-225).
Contents	Nuts and bolts -- Word behaviours -- Between the lines -- Political -- Inspired by books, films and media -- Gender -- Text-types -- Fields of discourse -- Word biographies -- World Englishes.
Summary	Does a word mean what it says? Sometimes - but not always. In this book Wajnryb considers these and other questions to explore how and why our language works the way it does.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	English language -- Idioms.
	English language -- Idioms.
	English language -- Usage.
	English language -- Usage.
	Lexicology.
	Lexicology.
	English language -- Spoken English.
	English language -- Spoken English.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Wajnryb, Ruth. You know what I mean?. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521878852 0521878853 (DLC) 2008019388 (OCoLC)227031747
ISBN	9780511429965 (electronic book)
	0511429967 (electronic book)
	0511429584 (electronic book)
	9780511429583 (electronic book)
	9780511427787
	0511427786
	0521703743 (Paper)
	0521878853 (Cloth)
	9780521703741 (paperback)
	9780521878852 (hardback)