Weeds in the garden of words : further observations on the tangled history of the English language / Kate Burridge.
"If the English language is a glorious garden, filled with exotic hybrids and the continuing tradition of heritage specimens, then it is no surprise that we will also find some weeds. Linguistic weeds may have pronunciations we don't want or constructions that are out of place. We may be t...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "If the English language is a glorious garden, filled with exotic hybrids and the continuing tradition of heritage specimens, then it is no surprise that we will also find some weeds. Linguistic weeds may have pronunciations we don't want or constructions that are out of place. We may be trying to hold on to words and usage we should perhaps have said farewell to. But as all gardeners know, what one gardener calls a 'weed', another may call a 'flower'. The some goes for words and their usage in English - sometimes we just haven't realized their virtues."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511336675 9780511336676 0511337329 9780511337321 051133785X 9780511337857 0511338414 9780511338410 0511486987 9780511486982 1281112992 9781281112996 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511486982 |