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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Hubert van den BerghPublisher: Bloomsbury Information Imprint: Bloomsbury Information Weight: 0.248kg ISBN: 9781472922472ISBN 10: 1472922476 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 25 August 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA very handy resource when you need to make those fine distinctions between the ego and the superego, if you can't tell your exogenous from your endogenous or need to understand what makes for a diegetic soundtrack in a film. How to Sound Really Clever is a teasing mixture of the half-familiar and the intriguingly obscure, and it's all done with a light touch. -- Philip Gooden Author This witty book is an alphabetical list of less usual words and expressions which might impress others. Some are recondite, some are more familiar, with clear definitions and guidance on usage. I loved it. -- Dr Bernard Lamb President of the Queen's English Society A very handy resource when you need to make those fine distinctions between the ego and the superego, if you can't tell your exogenous from your endogenous or need to understand what makes for a diegetic soundtrack in a film. How to Sound Really Clever is a teasing mixture of the half-familiar and the intriguingly obscure, and it's all done with a light touch. -- Philip Gooden * Author * This witty book is an alphabetical list of less usual words and expressions which might impress others. Some are recondite, some are more familiar, with clear definitions and guidance on usage. I loved it. -- Dr Bernard Lamb * President of the Queen's English Society * Author InformationHubert van den Bergh has worked in the City for the past decade. A language enthusiast, he read French and Linguistics at Oxford University. He is the author of How to Sound Clever (A&C Black, 2010) and regularly contributes to The Telegraph. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |