Dent, Susie creator text New York Oxford University Press 2005 monographic eng

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163 p. 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 / Susie Dent English Fanboys--Overdogs--Language--Report 401 D4342 0192806769 (hbk) 260601 20260601175556.0