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Twelve English etymologies from the social margins (Part 2)

Publication date: 30.09.2020

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2020, Volume 137, Issue 3, pp. 187 - 197

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.20.014.12719

Authors

William Sayers
Cornell University, Ithaca
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9406-6649 Orcid
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Titles

Twelve English etymologies from the social margins (Part 2)

Abstract

Etymologies are proposed for twelve previously unexplained English words from work­ing-class or underclass English vocabulary. Treated in Part 2 of this study are aloof/aluff, boondoggle, and welch/jew/gyp. Common features are isolation, extended use, pejoration, and treatment by lexicographers with varying degrees of proscriptiveness and by word buffs with enthusiastic amateur etymologizing.

This is the second part of a study begun in Sayers (2020). 

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Information: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2020, Volume 137, Issue 3, pp. 187 - 197

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Twelve English etymologies from the social margins (Part 2)

English:

Twelve English etymologies from the social margins (Part 2)

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9406-6649

William Sayers
Cornell University, Ithaca
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9406-6649 Orcid
All publications →

Cornell University, Ithaca

Published at: 30.09.2020

Article status: Open

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