An edition of Damp squid
(2009)
Damp squid
the English language laid bare
by Jeremy Butterfield
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Usage, Etymology, Word formation, English language| Edition | Availability |
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Damp squid: the English language laid bare
2009, Oxford University Press
in English
019957409X 9780199574094
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Table of Contents
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-174) and index.
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