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Volume 10 - October 1994

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Gezumphing and gazumping
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17 October 2008, pp. 36-38
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LILLIAN MERMIN FEINSILVER replies to a query from the Editor

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Playground poetry
Greg Myers
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17 October 2008, pp. 35-41
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An analysis of the rhymes and linguistic tricks used by schoolchildren

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C'est la guerre?
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17 October 2008, p. 40
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Lexicon
Thomas M. Paikeday
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17 October 2008, pp. 41-42
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THOMAS M. PAIKEDAY lists some more neologisms that do not yet apper in mainstream dictionaries.

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Australian circus language
Mark St Leon
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17 October 2008, pp. 43-49
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A report on the nature, origin and circumstances of Aussie argot under the big top

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News
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Unilingual Signs in Quebec and the United Nations Human Rights Committee
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Angles Of Vision

Proliferating writers
Arnold Pitt
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17 October 2008, pp. 42-43
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ARNOLD PITT describes the burgeoning of British writers' circles determined to publish, not perish

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Bioscript – an editorial service for scientists
Ann Körner
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17 October 2008, pp. 44-48
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An account of a thriving business editing the work of non-native writers of English – or, ‘Please put my manuscript into crispy English.’

What on earth are collocations?
Thierry Fontenelle
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17 October 2008, pp. 42-48
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An assessment of the ways in which certain words co-occur and others do not

Language change, usage and drift
Robert Gorrell
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17 October 2008, pp. 42-44
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A consideration of semantic change in a wide range of English words and usages

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Continental pun-dits
Manfred Görlach
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17 October 2008, pp. 50-52
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MANFRED GöRLACH describes a selection of English-language puns in German-language advertising over the last decade.

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Activate here for word power
Tom McArthur
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17 October 2008, pp. 53-54
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Towards OED3
Bernadette Paton
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17 October 2008, pp. 49-50
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BERNADETTE PATON, Senior Assistant Editor of ‘The Oxford English Dictionary’, issues a call for research materials for the next phase in the life of a remarkable work

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The English language in Italy
Virginia Pulcini
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17 October 2008, pp. 49-52
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Angles of Vision

What shall we call the decades of the twenty-first century?
John Algeo
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17 October 2008, pp. 45-46
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JOHN ALGEO asks some awkward but highly pertinent questions about tomorrow's dates

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Recent Titles
Roshan McArthur
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17 October 2008, pp. 55-60
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Handy, if slightly heavy
Reinhard Hartmann
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17 October 2008, pp. 53-55
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Histories of English
Tom McArthur
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17 October 2008, pp. 51-53
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The new icons – icons of change?
James R. Beniger
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17 October 2008, pp. 47-51
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An examination of a new sense of the word ‘icon’ and the changes it might foreshadow in everyday thought and language

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