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Blooming English : observations on the roots, cultivation and hybrids of the English language / Kate Burridge.

By: Burridge, Kate [author]

Language: English Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: v, 242 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0521839483; 0521548322 (pbk.); 9780521548328Subject(s): English language | English language -- Roots | English language -- VariationDDC classification: 420 LOC classification: PE1072 | .B83 2004Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Contributor biographical information

Contents:

Why a garden? -- The complexity of language -- Language change -- Word creation -- Meaning shifts -- Relics of linguistic change -- The nature of exotics -- Bad language -- Colloquial today, standard English tomorrow -- Our untidy English -- Sound symbolism -- What is correct English? -- Dictionaries, style guides, and grammars -- Personal names -- Dirty words -- Taboo language.

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Originally published: Sydney : ABC Books, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-235) and index.

Why a garden? --
The complexity of language --
Language change --
Word creation --
Meaning shifts --
Relics of linguistic change --
The nature of exotics --
Bad language --
Colloquial today, standard English tomorrow --
Our untidy English --
Sound symbolism --
What is correct English? --
Dictionaries, style guides, and grammars --
Personal names --
Dirty words --
Taboo language.

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