01472nam^a2200289^a 450099100048859970753620040926231621.0040630s2004 enk b 001 0 eng d05218394830521548322 (pbk.)b1322833x-39ule_instDip.to LingueitaBurridge, Kate.155087Blooming English :observations on the roots, cultivation and hybrids of the English language /Kate Burridge.Cambridge ;New York :Cambridge University Press,2004.v, 242 p. ;23 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-235) and index.Why a garden? -- The complexity of language -- Language change -- Word creation -- Meaning shifts -- Relics of linguistic change -- The nature of exotics -- Bad language -- Colloquial today, standard English tomorrow -- Our untidy English -- Sound symbolism -- What is correct English? -- Dictionaries, style guides, and grammars -- Personal names -- Dirty words -- Taboo language.Lingua ingleseAspetti socialiLingua ingleseSlang.Lingua ingleseUso.b1322833x17-02-2215-10-04991000488599707536LE012 428 BUR12012000093904le012-E0.00-l- 03530.i1389666015-10-04Blooming english740696UNISALENTOle01215-10-04ma -engenk00