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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Curzan, Anne.     Subjects     English language -- Etymology.     English language -- Foreign elements.     English language -- New words.     English language -- Obscene words.     English language -- Obsolete words.     English language -- Slang.     English language -- Pronunciation.     English language -- Orthography and spelling.     English language -- Errors of usage.     English language -- Dictionaries -- Authorship.     English language.     Words, New.     Lexicology.     Language and the Internet.     Figures of speech.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Curzan, Anne.       by title:      The secret life of w...       by call number:      DVD 422 C983s     Search the Web     Curzan, Anne.     English language -- Etymology.     English language -- Foreign elements.     English language -- New words.     English language -- Obscene words.     English language -- Obsolete words.     English language -- Slang.     English language -- Pronunciation.     English language -- Orthography and spelling.     English language -- Errors of usage.     English language -- Dictionaries -- Authorship.     English language.     Words, New.     Lexicology.     Language and the Internet.     Figures of speech.       MARC Display

The secret life of words [videorecording (DVD)] : English words and their origins / Anne Curzan. by Curzan, Anne. Teaching Co., c2012. Call #: DVD 422 C983s Subjects English language -- Etymology.   English language -- Foreign elements.   English language -- New words.   English language -- Obscene words.   English language -- Obsolete words.   English language -- Slang.   English language -- Pronunciation.   English language -- Orthography and spelling.   English language -- Errors of usage.   English language -- Dictionaries -- Authorship.   English language.   Words, New.   Lexicology.   Language and the Internet.   Figures of speech. Series Great courses (DVD)   Great courses (DVD). Literature & language. Writing. ISBN:  9781598038934 (set) Alternate title:  Great Courses. The secret life of words [videorecording (DVD)] : English words and their origins Format:  [videorecording (DVD)] : Description:  6 videodiscs (18 hrs.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 269 p. ; 19 cm.). Notes:  "36 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. Book contains lecture transcripts and outlines, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. Home use only. Contents:  Disc 1. Winning words, banished words -- The life of a word, from birth to death -- The human hands behind dictionaries -- Treasure houses, theft and traps -- Yarn and clues: new word meanings -- Smog, mob, bling: new words. Disc 2. "Often" versus "Offen: pronunciation -- Fighting over zippers -- Opening the Early English word-hoard -- Safe and sound: the French invasion -- Magnifical dexterity: Latin and learning -- Chutzpah to pajamas: word borrowings. Disc 3. The pop/soda/coke divide -- Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans -- Foot and pedestrian: word cousins -- Desultory somersaults: Latin roots -- Analogous prologues: Greek roots -- The tough stuff of English spelling. Disc 4. The b in debt: meddling with spelling -- Of mice, men, and Y'all -- I'm good...or am I well? -- How snuck sneaked in -- Um, well, like, you know -- Wicked cool: the irreverence of slang. Disc 5. Boy toys and bad eggs: slangy wordplay -- Spinster, bachelor, guy, dude -- Firefighters and freshpersons -- A slam dunk: the language of sports -- Fooling around: the language of love -- Gung ho: the language of war. Disc 6. Filibustering: the language of politics -- LOL: the language of the Internet -- #$@%!: forbidden words -- Couldn't (or could) care less -- Musquirt and other lexical gaps -- Playing fast and loose with words. Performers:  Lecturer, Professor Anne Curzan, Professor of English, University of Michigan. Summary:  This course of 36 half-hour lectures explores the history of English words, tracing back a number of common and uncommon words and phrases through history to get their origins. The course considers whether such forces as television or the Internet threaten this rich lexical diversity in English. Genre:  Filmed lectures. Educational films. DVDs. Other authors:  Teaching Company. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfeature DVDs DVD 422 C983s Adult Dvds-21 Days Checked out Jul 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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