A01=Gareth Carrol
Author_Gareth Carrol
Category=WHL
communication
English
English language
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etymology
figurative expressions
idioms
language
language changes
linguistic
modern language
phrase meanings
phrases
reading
sayings
semantics
social history
translation
TV phrases
vocabulary
words
Product details
- ISBN 9781789048568
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Feb 2022
- Publisher: Collective Ink
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Gareth Carrol presents a collection of "modern idioms", which have become a part of our vocabulary in the past 50 years or so. In most cases, idioms such as "raining cats and dogs", that colour our everyday communication, are deeply rooted in culture and history. However, just like words, new idioms emerge in language, and many have entered our vocabulary through, TV, movies and the internet. These modern idioms can be dated very precisely. Jumping Sharks and Dropping Mics finds the origins of these idioms, and charts their development.
