Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing VocabularyWhen did you last hear someone refer to the wireless? What was the original paraphernalia? Would you wear a billycock? Language is always changing, and in Gallimaufry: A Hodge-Podge of Words Vanishing from Our Vocabulary Michael Quinion has gathered together some fascinating examples of words and meanings which have vanished from our language. Sometimes a word is lost when the thing it describes becomes obsolete, sometimes it survives in a figurative sense while the original meaning is lost, and sometimes it simply gives way to a more popular alternative. The story of these and many other words opens a window into the lives of past speakers of the English language. |
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Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary Michael Quinion Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2008 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary |
| Forfattere | Michael Quinion, Michael |
| Utgave | illustrert |
| Utgiver | Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Original fra | University of California |
| Digitalisert | 7. mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0198610629, 9780198610625 |
| Lengde | 272 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |