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It's Greek to Me!
The literary development of John 13-17
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Root awakenings
The elements of medical terminology
Robertson's words for a modern age
Chinese and Sumerian
The Word
NTC's Dictionary of Latin and Greek Origins
Understanding African American Rhetoric
The Greek and Latin Roots of English
Lost in translation
Short dictionary of classical word origins
Form and function in Chicano English
Words from the Myths
Africanisms in Afro-American language varieties
How to speak Dutchified English
Japanese English
The Latin in English
1000 most obscure words
The Greek & Latin roots of English
Beyond Ebonics
Semitic interference in Marcan syntax
French for le snob
Signs of diaspora/diaspora of signs
Austral English
Words, meaning, and vocabulary
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