Blooming English

The book details:

• Blooming English: Observations on the roots, cultivation and hybrids of the English language
• Author(s): Kate Burridge.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press.
• Language: British English.
• Size: 1.24 Mb
• Format: PDF .
• Date: 2004
• Pages: 247.

Unique among books about the social aspects of the English language published in this decade, this work combines an impressive breadth and depth of learning with a common touch and a readable style." Library Journal

"Popular treatments of English usage abound. But this book brings a fresh perspective to the topic drawing an analogy between 'weeds' in a garden and so-called errors of English usage. This metaphor is sustained throughout the book and really helps the reader understand that many usages that we condemn as 'weeds' (e.g. ain't or double negatives) were at one time quite ordinary members of the linguistic 'garden'." Charles F. Meyer, University of Massachusetts.

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