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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid - Paperback, by Butterfield Jeremy - Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare
- ISBN
- 9780199574094
- Subject Area
- Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Damp Squid : the English Language Laid Bare
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 7.5 in
- Subject
- Grammar & Punctuation, General
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Not Available
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 6.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 186 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019957409X
ISBN-13
9780199574094
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038293426
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
186 Pages
Publication Name
Damp Squid : the English Language Laid Bare
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Grammar & Punctuation, General
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2009-024511
Reviews
"absorbing... lively...you will find something of interest on every page" --English Teaching Professional, 1 January 2009, "This book will be fascinating to those who would really like to find out how the English language is behaving. Clearly written and informative, it is a lively guide to that most creative and challenging language, English" --Alexander McCall Smith, ''This book will be fascinating to those who would really like to find out how the English language is behaving. Clearly written and informative, it is a lively guide to that most creative and challenging language, English''Alexander McCall Smith'Nice choice of words'Newsweek, 13 December 2008'definitive guide to the evolution of English'Scottish Daily Mail, 3 November 2008'absorbing... lively...you will find something of interest on every page'English Teaching Professional, 1 January 2009
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
412
Intended Audience
Trade
Table Of Content
A sea change: The Corpus1. Size matters: How many words?2. Your Roman-Saxon-Danish-Norman-English: Where do words come from?3. Beware of heard: Why spelling wobbles4. Which is to be master? Meaning in context5. Words of a feather: Word groupings6. Cats and dogs: Idiomatic phrases7. Grammar that can govern even kings: What do we mean by grammar?8. Style wars: Usages people hateDictionaries then and nowNotesIndex
Synopsis
From evidence contained in the gargantuan Oxford Corpus, Jeremy Butterfield here uncovers a wealth of fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How do word meanings change? How is our language really being used? This entertaining book has the up-to-date and authoritative answers to all the key questions about our language. Butterfield takes a thorough look at the English language and exposes its peculiarities and penchants, its development and difficulties, revealing exactly how it operates., When James Murray compiled the OED in the 19th century, he used a small army of volunteers--and thousands upon thousands of paper slips--to track down the English language. Today, linguists use massive computer power--including the world's largest language databank, the Oxford Corpus, which contains more than two billion words--to determine for the first time definitively how the English language is used. From evidence contained in the gargantuan Oxford Corpus, Jeremy Butterfield here uncovers a wealth of fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How do word meanings change? How is our language really being used? This entertaining book has the up-to-date and authoritative answers to all the key questions about our language. Butterfield takes a thorough look at the English language and exposes its peculiarities and penchants, its development and difficulties, revealing exactly how it operates. We learn, for instance, that we use language in chunks of words--as one linguist put it, "we know words by the company that they keep." For instance, the word quintessentially is joined half the time with a nationality--something is "quintessentially American" or "quintessentially British." Using such observations, Butterfield explains how dictionary makers decide which words to include, how they find definitions, and how the Corpus influences the process. Covering all areas of English, from spelling and idioms to the future of English, and with entertaining examples and useful charts throughout, this compelling and lively book will delight word lovers everywhere., How many words are there in the English language and where were they born? Why does spelling 'wobble' and why do meanings change? How do words behave towards each other - and how do we behave towards words? And what does this all mean for dictionary-making in the 21st century?This entertaining book has the up-to-date and authoritative answers to all the key questions about our language. Using evidence provided by the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield exposes the English language's peculiarities and penchants, its development and difficulties, revealing exactly how it operates. Interpolating his expert knowledge of dictionary-making, Butterfield explains how dictionaries decide which words to include, how they find definitions, and how a Corpus influences the process. Whether you are happy to give the language free rein (free reign?), or whether you are more straight-laced (strait-laced?) when it comes to change, you will be amazed at what is revealed when the English language goes buck naked. (Or should that be butt naked?)
LC Classification Number
PE1072
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