Damp squid : the English language laid bare / Jeremy Butterfield.
By: Butterfield, Jeremy
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: 179 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780199574094 (pbk.).Subject(s): English language -- Etymology | English language -- Word formation | English language -- UsageDDC classification: 412 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-174) and index.
A sea change: the corpus -- Size matters: how many words? -- Your Roman-Saxon-Danish-Norman English: where do words come from? -- Beware of heard: why spelling wobbles -- Which is to be master? meaning in context -- Words of a feather: word groupings -- Cats and dogs: idiomatic phrases -- Grammar that can govern even kings: what do we mean by grammar? -- Style wars: usages people hate.
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