Metalanguage brings together new, original contributions on people's knowledge about language and representations of language, e.g., representations of dialects

This charming book is filled with sayings, legends and proverbs derived from the oral history of the countryside and unveils how they came about, what they mean

Born in Sydney, Australia, the son of an American sailor and an Australian school teacher, I was raised and educated in the United States, my childhood spent on

Summary: An informative guide to the meanings and origins of familiar quotations and phrases from the world of ancient Rome.