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Predicting new words : the secrets of their success / Allan Metcalf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metcalf, Allan A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--New words.
- English language.
- Lexicology.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2002]
- Summary:
- In this witty, informative look at the winners and losers in the great game of new-word creation, Metcalf shows how to spin syllabic straw into linguistic gold.
- Contents:
- 1 The Mystery of Success 1
- 2 How to Be a Loser 15
- 3 Winning Creations 43
- 4 The Myth of Gaps 63
- 5 Exceptions That Test the Rule 78
- 6 Natural Birth and Rebirth 97
- 7 Forget the Joke and Fly Under the Radar 129
- 8 The FUDGE Factors 149
- 9 The Crystal Ball 167
- 10 A Word of Your Own 185
- Appendix American Dialect Society Words of the Year 188.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0618130063
- OCLC:
- 49843979
- Online:
- Publisher description
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