Roy Bount (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. "Ali G: How many words does you know? Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them. Ali G: What is some of 'em?" - Da Ali G Show Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Ever wonder why so many h-words have to do with breath? Roy Blount Jr. certainly has, and after forty years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, except greeting cards, he still cant get over his. In Alphabet Juice, he celebrates the electricity, the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies, of letters and their combinations. Blount does not prescribe proper English. The franchise he claims is over the counter. Three and a half centuries ago, Thomas Blount produced Blounts Glossographia, the first dictionary. Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in.