ALLAN, KEITH & KATE BURRIDGE

Euphemism and Dysphemism: Language Used As Shield and Weapon

Oxford University Press, USA, 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195066227. Name on endpaper; 1.1 x 9.2 x 5.9 Inches; 288 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 250602

Keywords: 0195066227 Linguistics

ALLAN, KEITH; BURRIDGE, KATE

Euphemism & Dysphemism: Language Used As Shield and Weapon

, Oxford University Press 1991, First Edition. First Printing., Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 0195066227 This book is in fine, unmarked condition with a fine dust jacket now protected in mylar. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 031681

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: English Language - Euphemism Dutch Language - to 15oo - Euphemism English Language - Grammar Comparative - Dutch

ALLAN, KEITH AND BURRIDGE, KATE:

FORBIDDEN WORDS. Taboo and the Censoring of Language.

(Cambridge), Cambridge Univ. Press, (2006). Wrappers, pp. ix, 303. Near fine. ISBN 0 521 52564 0.

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Book number: 91076

Keywords: Australia langauge linguistics censorship taboo

BURRIDGE, KATE

Blooming English: Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language

Cambridge, Cambridge Univ Pr. 2004. (ISBN: 0521548322). Softcover, 8vo. pp. v 242."This book celebrates our capacity to play with language, and examines how we use it: in slang and jargon, swearing, speaking the unspeakable, or concealing unpleasant or inconvenient facts. It is a book for browsing, for finding beguiling snippets about language, history and social customs, and a formidable weapon in word games. ". Very Good/Paperback.

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Book number: R02160

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: Reference 0521548322

BURRIDGE, KATE

Weeds In The Garden Of Words: Further Observations On The Tangled History Of English Language

West Nyack, New York, U.S.A. Cambridge Univ Pr. 2005. (ISBN: 0521618231). Ppbk, 8vo. pp. 196, "Kate Burridge follows the international success of Blooming English with another entertaining excursion into the ever-changing nature of the complex and captivating English language. If language is a glorious garden, filled with exotic hybrids as well as traditional heritage specimens, then weeds will also thrive on its fertile grounds. Linguistic weeds may be defined as pronunciations or constructions that are no longer used. For example, Burridge points out how "aint" or double negatives were at one time quite acceptable in everyday speaking and writing but are now classified as "weeds" that should no longer have a place in our vocabulary. And, as she so deftly accomplished in Blooming English, Burridge goes on here to further celebrate our capacity to play with language, and to examine the ways we use it: in slang and jargon, swearing, speaking the unspeakable, or concealing unpleasant or inconvenient facts.". Very Good/No Dj.

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Book number: 112808

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: English Language 0521618231

BURRIDGE, KATE:

WEEDS IN THE GARDEN OF WORDS. Further observations on the tangled history of the English language.

(Sydney), ABC Books, (2004). Wrappers, pp. 230. Fine. ISBN 0 7333 1410 4.

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Book number: 82730

Keywords: English language linguistics words

BURRIDGE KATE

Weeds In The Garden Of Weeds

Sydney, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0733314104) Soft Cover. 230 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Another Entertaining Excursion Into The Ever-changing Nature Of Our Complex And Captivating Language. Fine/None Issued.

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Book number: 073790

Catalogue: Non Fiction

Keywords: 0733314104