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Weeds in the Garden of Words: Further Observations on the Tangled History of the English Language Burridge, Kate (Monash University, Victoria)
Weeds in the Garden of Words: Further Observations on the Tangled History of the English Language
Burridge, Kate (Monash University, Victoria)
The English language is a glorious garden, but it also contains some weeds. Linguistic weeds may be slang expressions, non-standard pronunciations, or constructions that are out of place. But what one gardener calls a 'weed', another may call a 'flower'. The same goes for words and their usage in English.
206 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 16, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521853132 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 149 × 222 × 19 mm · 400 g |
| Language | English |