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1、WEEDSINTHEGARDENOFWORDSIftheEnglishlanguageisagloriousgarden,filledwithexotichybridsandthecontinuingtraditionofheritagespecimens,thenitisnosur-prisethatwewillalsofindsomeweeds.Linguisticweedsmayhavepronunciationswedon’twantorconstructionsthatareoutofplace.Wemaybetryingtoholdontowordsan
2、dusageweshouldperhapshavesaidfarewellto.Butasallgardenersknow,whatonegardenercallsa‘weed’,anothermaycalla‘flower’.ThesamegoesforwordsandtheirusageinEnglish–sometimeswejusthaven’trealizedtheirvirtues.KateBurridgefollowstheinternationalsuccessofherbookBloomingEnglishwithanotherentertaini
3、ngexcursionintotheever-changingnatureofourcomplexandcaptivatinglanguage.KateBurridgeisProfessorofLinguisticsatMonashUniversity.ShehaspublishedwidelyonEnglishlanguageandlinguisticsandiswellknownforherbroadcastsonABCRadio’sSoundback.WEEDSINTHEGARDENOFWORDSFurtherobservationsonthetangledh
4、istoryoftheEnglishlanguageKateBurridgeCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationon
5、thistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521853132©KateBurridge2004,2005Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprint
6、format2005ISBN-13978-0-511-33841-0eBook(NetLibrary)ISBN-100-511-33841-4eBook(NetLibrary)ISBN-13978-0-521-85313-2hardbackISBN-100-521-85313-3hardbackISBN-13978-0-521-61823-6paperbackISBN-100-521-61823-1paperbackCambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls
7、forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate.AnduntoAdamhesaid,Becausethouhasthearkeneduntothevoiceofthywife,andhasteatenofthetree,ofwhichIcommandedthee,saying,Thoushaltnoteato
