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Fanboys and overdogs the language report / Susie Dent

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: 163 pISBN:
  • 0192806769 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401 D4342
Contents:
1. The Language of Events 2. Bubbling Under: The Words of the Moment 3. Regulating Confusion: The Task of the Dictionary-Makers 4. Ever-Increasing Circles: The Making of New Words 5. Words Apart: 1905 vs 2005 6. Bigging It Up and Playing It Down: Euphemism and Exaggeration 7. Dog-Whistling in the Wind: Political Talk 8. Words in the Spotlight 9. Showing Your Label: Language on the Social Ladder 10. Worth a Thousand Words: Images and Allusions 11. Shocking English: The Vocabulary of Swearing 12. Oncoming Priority: British English in the US 13. For Better or Worse: Our Changing Usage 14. Language in the Buff: The New Slang
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1. The Language of Events
2. Bubbling Under: The Words of the Moment
3. Regulating Confusion: The Task of the Dictionary-Makers
4. Ever-Increasing Circles: The Making of New Words
5. Words Apart: 1905 vs 2005
6. Bigging It Up and Playing It Down: Euphemism and Exaggeration
7. Dog-Whistling in the Wind: Political Talk
8. Words in the Spotlight
9. Showing Your Label: Language on the Social Ladder
10. Worth a Thousand Words: Images and Allusions
11. Shocking English: The Vocabulary of Swearing
12. Oncoming Priority: British English in the US
13. For Better or Worse: Our Changing Usage
14. Language in the Buff: The New Slang

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