Damp Squid —— The English Language Laid Bare

----- 揭开英语的画皮:十大最令人讨厌的短语

ISBN: 9780199574094 出版年：2008 页码：186 Butterfield, Jeremy Oxford University Press

Using evidence from the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield uncovers fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How is our language really being used? How do word meanings change? This entertaining book has the authoritative answers to key questions about our language.