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ODDMENTS: A MISCELLANY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES (PART 1)
ODDMENTS: A MISCELLANY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES (PART 1)

Author(s): William Sayers
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Evaluation research, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: English etymology; slang;

Summary/Abstract: This three-part study continues an inquiry earlier initiated in these pages into words listed in Oxford English dictionary as still without satisfactory etymologies. Loans from a variety of source languages are reviewed, accompanied by commentary on earlier lexicographical praxis as it relates to various popular registers of English.

  • Issue Year: 136/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-23
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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