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  • THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE and Hawaiian-English Dictionary: A Complete Grammar. by Judd, Henry P.
    Judd, Henry P.
    THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE and Hawaiian-English Dictionary: A Complete Grammar.

    Edition: Trade paperback, later printing.

    Honolulu, Hawaiian Service, nd (c 1939). Includes 83 lessons, and an extensive vocabulary list. Index. 117 pp. ISBN: 0-930492-064.

    Condition: Near fine in stiff printed yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 64676
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  • Martin, Russell.
    OUT OF SILENCE. A Journey into Language.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Henry Holt, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating, and highly praised, story of a little boy trapped in silence and struggling to regain language. Dustjacket praise from Richard Selzer and Ivan Doig. ISBN: 0-8050-19987.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 4761
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  • Martin, Russell.
    OUT OF SILENCE. A Journey into Language.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Henry Holt, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fascinating, and highly praised, story of a little boy trapped in silence and struggling to regain language. Dustjacket praise from Richard Selzer and Ivan Doig. ISBN: 0-8050-19987.

    Condition: SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 29017
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  • THE STORY OF AIN'T: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published. by Skinner, David.
    Skinner, David.
    THE STORY OF AIN'T: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "describes a great societal metamorphosis, tracing the fallout of the world wars, the rise of an educated middle class, and the emergence of America as the undisputed leader of the free world, and illuminating how those forces shaped our language. Created by the most respected American publisher of dictionaries and supervised by the editor Philip Gove, Webster's Third broke with tradition, adding thousands of new words and eliminating 'artificial notions of correctness,' basing proper usage on how language was actually spoken. The dictionary's revolutionary style sparked what David Foster Wallace called 'the Fort Sumter of the Usage Wars'." Notes, index. xiv, 349 pp. ISBN: 978-0062027467.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 81323
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