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100 1 _aCurzan, Anne.
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245 1 4 _aThe secret life of words
_h[sound recording] :
_bEnglish words and their origins /
_cAnne Curzan.
264 _aChantilly, Virginia, U.S.A. :
_bThe Great Courses ;
_bTeaching Company,
_c©2012.
300 _a6 videodiscs (1080 min.) :
_bsound, color ;
_c4 3/4 in +
_e1 course guidebook (vi, 269 pages ; 19 cm)
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300 _avi, 269 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c19 cm.
306 _a090000
336 _atext
_btext
490 1 _aThe great courses, literature & language, writing
500 _a.
501 _a"36 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
505 0 0 _gdisc 1.
_tWinning words, banished words --
_tThe life of a word, from birth ot death --
_tThe human hands behind dictionaries --
_tTreasure houses, theft, and traps --
_tYarn and clues-- new word meanings --
_tSmog, mob, bling-- new words --
_gdisc 2.
_t"Often" versus "offen"-- pronunciation --
_tFighting over zippers --
_tOpening the early English word-hoard --
_tSafe and sound-- the French invasion --
_tMagnifical dexterity-- Latin and learning --
_tChutzpah to pajamas-- world borrowings --
_gdisc 3.
_tThe pop/soda/coke divide --
_tMaths, wombats and Les bluejeans --
_tFoot and pedestrian-- word cousins --
_tDesultory somersaults--Latin roots --
_tAnalogous prologues-- Greek roots --
_tThe tough stuff of English spelling --
_gdisc 4.
_tThe b in debt-- meddling in spelling --
_tOf mice, men and y'all --
_tI'm good-- or am I well? --
_tHow snuck sneaked in --
_tUm, well, like, you know --
_tWicked cool-- the irreverence of slang --
_gdisc 5.
_tBoy toys and bad eggs-- slang wordplay --
_tSpinster, bachelor, guy, dude --
_tFirefighters and freshpersons --
_tA slam dunk-- the language of sports --
_tFooling around-- the language of love --
_tGung ho-- the language of war --
_gdisc 6.
_tFillibustering-- the language of politics --
_tLOL-- the language of the internet --
_t#$@%!-- forbidden words --
_tCouldn't (or could) care less --
_tMusquirt and other lexical gaps --
_tPlaying fast and loose with words.
505 0 0 _g Disc 1. Winning words, banished words ; The life of a word, from birth to death ; The human hands behind dictionaries ; Treasure houses, theft, and traps ; Yarn and clues--New word meanings ; Smog, mob, bling--new words -- Disc 2. "Often" versus "Offen"--pronunciation ; Fighting over zippers ; Opening the early English word-hoard ; Safe and sound--the French invasion ; Magnifical dexterity--Latin and learning ; Chutzpah to pajamas--world borrowings -- Disc 3. The pop/soda/coke divide ; Maths, wombats, and les bluejeans ; Foot and pedestrian--word cousins ; Desultory somersaults--Latin roots ; Analogous prologues--Greek roots ; The tough stuff of English spelling -- Disc 4. The b in Debt--Meddling in spelling ; Of mice, men, and y'all ; I'm good ... or am I well? ; How snuck sneaked in ; Um, well, like, you know ; Wicked cool--the irreverence of slang -- Disc 5. Boy toys and bad eggs--slangy wordplay ; Spinster, bachelor, guy, dude ; Firefighters and freshpersons ; A slam dunk--the language of sports ; Fooling around--the language of love ; Gung ho--the language of war -- Disc 6. Filibustering--the language of politics ; LOL--the language of the Internet ; #$@%!--forbidden words ; Couldn't (or could) care less ; Musquirt and other lexical gaps ; Playing fast and loose with words.
511 0 _aAnne Curzan, professor, University of Michigan
520 _aPresents a survey of English, from its Germanic origins to the rise of globalization and cyber-communications.
521 _aJHS
546 _aText in English
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aEnglish language
_xEtymology.
_910433
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xObsolete words.
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655 7 _aAudiobooks.
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830 0 _aGreat courses (Compact disc)
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