English etymologies from the popular register (I)
English etymologies from the popular register (I)
Author(s): William SayersSubject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: English etymology; lexical transfers; balderdash; gander; gawk; hurdy-gurdy; shenanigan; snook;
Summary/Abstract: Difficulties in tracing the etymology of lexical isolates and loans from other languages are exemplified in the discussion of a gathering of English words previously without satisfactory explanations of origin. In particular, recognition of the ad-stratum effects of the Irish language on British English over several centuries prompts a call not only for numerous revisions to entries in our standard lexicographical reference works but for a fundamental rethinking of relations between these multiply overlapping speech communities.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 133/2016
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 171-181
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English