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

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Publication details:
Sydney : ABC Books, 2002.
Record id:
23668
Author:
Burridge, Kate.
Subject:
English language -- Social aspects.
English language -- Slang.
English language -- Jargon.
English language.
English language -- History.
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.
ISBN:
0733310273
Phys. description:
259 p.