ODDMENTS: A MISCELLANY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES (PART 1)
ODDMENTS: A MISCELLANY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES (PART 1)
Author(s): William SayersSubject(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.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 136/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 9-23
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English