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100 1 _aButterfield, Jeremy,
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245 1 0 _aDamp squid :
_bthe English language laid bare /
_cJeremy Butterfield.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a179 p. ;
_c20 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [166]-174) and index.
505 0 _aA 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.
650 0 _a English language
_xEtymology.
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650 0 _a English language
_xWord formation.
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650 0 _a English language
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