A01=Eric Partridge
academic study of cliches
Author_Eric Partridge
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English language history
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formulaic expressions
lexical semantics
phrase etymology
semantic shift
sociolinguistic analysis
Product details
- ISBN 9780415065559
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 123 x 186mm
- Publication Date: 10 May 1978
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This work is full of things better left unsaid: hackneyed phrases, idioms battered into senselessness, infuriating Gallicisms, once-familiar quotations and tags from the ancient classics. It makes a formidable list, amplified as it is with definitions, sources, and indications of the clichés, venerability in every case.
