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In Why Is This a Question, Paul Anthony Jones delves into the nuts and bolts of language, the building blocks of speech and writing that we often never think about. He’ll answer linguistic questions you may not have thought to ask: Why don’t eleven and twelve end in “teen.” Why do letters look the way they do? Why are some uppercase and some lowercase? Why are these words in this order? And what is a question mark doing at the end of this sentence? Jones’ enlightening and entertaining approach will change the way you think about our language.
Chaired by Harry Pearson
‘As entertaining as it is engrossing’ – John Banville
‘[Paul Anthony Jones is] a first-rate collector of linguistic curios’ – Times Literary Supplement
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