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Useful linguistics terms -- Dictionary -- The world of words -- Folk etymology -- False etymology to make a point -- Types of definition -- Short forms -- Generalization -- Specialization -- Pejoration and melioration -- Association and similitude -- Figurative extension -- Grimm's law -- Prescriptive vs. descriptive dictionaries -- Looking something up in a dictionary -- The peoples who influenced English -- Latin influence on English -- Idiomatic phrasal verbs -- Vagueness and ambiguity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233).