Celebrated writer and linguist Ruth Wajnryb explores how and why our language works the way it does.
1. Nuts and bolts; 2. Word behaviours; 3. Between the lines; 4. Political; 5. Inspired by books, films and media; 6. Gender; 7. Text-types; 8. Fields of discourse; 9. Word biographies; 10. World Englishes.