Butterfield Jeremy:
Damp Squid
The English Language Laid Bare
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2008
Hardback, 192 pages
Size: 196x129 mm
ISBN: 9780199239061
ISBN-10: 0199239061
List price: £9.99
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Damp Squid
Using evidence from the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield uncovers fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How is our language really being used? How do word meanings change? This entertaining book has the authoritative answers to key questions about our language.

