01166cam a2200253 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000250008804000170011304200080013005000220013808200190016010000320017924500720021126000490028330000210033250400660035350503930041965000330081265000380084565000290088315778775OSt20150408113955.0111208s2009    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2009024511  a9780199574094 (pbk.)  aDLCcMUdDLC  apcc00aPE1575b.B88 200900a422 B J D 2211 aButterfield, Jeremy,d1951-10aDamp squid :bthe English language laid bare /cJeremy Butterfield.  aNew York :bOxford University Press ;c2009.  a179 p. ;c20 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [166]-174) and index.0 aA sea change: the corpus -- Size matters: how many words? -- Your Roman-Saxon-Danish-Norman English: where do words come from? -- Beware of heard: why spelling wobbles -- Which is to be master? meaning in context -- Words of a feather: word groupings -- Cats and dogs: idiomatic phrases -- Grammar that can govern even kings: what do we mean by grammar? -- Style wars: usages people hate. 0aEnglish languagexEtymology. 0aEnglish languagexWord formation. 0aEnglish languagexUsage.