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How reliable are all those stories about the number of Eskimo words for snow? How can lamps, flags, and parrots be libelous? These and many other odd questions are typical topics in this collection of essays that present and occasionally zany, often wry, but always fascinating look at language and the people who study it.

The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other

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    A Paperback / softback by Geoffrey K. Pullum

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/07/1991
      ISBN13: 9780226685342, 978-0226685342
      ISBN10: 0226685349
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      Book Synopsis
      How reliable are all those stories about the number of Eskimo words for snow? How can lamps, flags, and parrots be libelous? These and many other odd questions are typical topics in this collection of essays that present and occasionally zany, often wry, but always fascinating look at language and the people who study it.

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