Twelve English etymologies from the social margins (Part 2)
Twelve English etymologies from the social margins (Part 2)
Author(s): William SayersSubject(s): Language studies, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Semantics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: popular speech; lexicography; English etymology;
Summary/Abstract: Etymologies are proposed for twelve previously unexplained English words from working-class or underclass English vocabulary. Treated in Part 2 of this study are aloof/aluff, boondoggle, and welch/jew/gyp. Common features are isolation, extended use, pejoration, and treatment by lexicographers with varying degrees of proscriptiveness and by word buffs with enthusiastic amateur etymologizing.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 137/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 187-197
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English