ODDMENTS: A MISCELLANY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES (PART 2)
ODDMENTS: A MISCELLANY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES (PART 2)
Author(s): William SayersSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Sociolinguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: English etymology; popular speech;
Summary/Abstract: This multi-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: 2
- Page Range: 83-97
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English