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001 2009024511
003 DLC
005 20100419154139.0
008 090617s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009024511
020 $a9780199574094 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 10 $aPE1575$b.B88 2009
082 00 $a412$222
100 1 $aButterfield, Jeremy,$d1951-
245 10 $aDamp squid :$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 $aEnglish language$xEtymology.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xWord formation.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xUsage.