Why do we quote? [electronic resource] : the culture and history of quotation / Ruth Finnegan.

"This fascinating book examines the ways in which we quote today and the curious history of how quoting became part of our everyday lives. Quoting provides a link to our loved ones ("as my mother used to say ... "), to our religious and literary heritage, to past wisdom and to current...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author:	Finnegan, Ruth H.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2011.
Subjects:	Quotation. Quotations > History. Quotation > Social aspects. Quotations. History.