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Using English Words examines the impact that the life histories of people have on their vocabulary. Its starting point is the taken-for-granted fact that the vocabulary of English falls into two very different sections. Randolph Quirk mentions this striking incompatibility between the Anglo Saxon and the Latinate elements in English: "the familiar homely-sounding and typically very short words" that we learn very early in life and use for most everyday purposes; and "the more learned, foreign-so
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Corson (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789401104258
- Category
- psychology
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Psychology, Language
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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