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100 1 a| Butterfield, Jeremy,d| 1951-=| ^A559389;

245 10 a| Damp squid :b| the English language laid bare /c| Jeremy Butterfield.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2009.;

300 a| 179 pages ;c| 20 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-174) and index.;

505 0 a| 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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Damp squid : the English language laid bare / Jeremy Butterfield.

Author/creator	Butterfield, Jeremy, 1951-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description	179 pages ; 20 cm
Subjects	English language--Etymology. English language--Word formation. English language--Usage.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-174) and index.
LCCN	2009024511
ISBN	9780199574094 (pbk.)
ISBN	019957409X (pbk.)

Damp squid : the English language laid bare / Jeremy Butterfield.

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