From Clerks to Corpora: essays on the English language yesterday and today

Why is the Isle of Dogs in the Thames called Isle of Dogs? Did King Canute's men bring English usage back to Jutland? How can we find out where English speakers suck their breath in to give a short response? And what did the Brontës do about dialect and think about foreign languages? The answer...

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Main Author: Sundkvist, Peter
Other Authors: Shaw, Philip, Erman, Britt, Melchers, Gunnel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stockholm Stockholm University Press 2015
Series:Stockholm English Studies
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