Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of Figures viii
4. List of abbreviations ix
5. Foreword x
6. Preface xi
7. 1. A Usage Dictionary of Anglicisms 1
8. 2. The fleeting vocabulary 29
9. 3. Report on Progress 45
10. 4. Etymology: internationalisms, latinisms, and other problems 56
11. 5. Marginal lexis: quotation words, foreignisms, technical terms, and archaisms 64
12. 6. Graphemic and phonetic/phonological integration 72
13. 7. Morphology and word formation 75
14. 8. Semantic problems 93
15. 9. Calques and purism 96
16. 10. Usage 109
17. 11. Recent dictionaries of anglicisms 117
18. 12. Wanted? Dictionaries of gallicisms, germanisms, and neo-classic diction 125
19. 13. Postscript: DEA analysis with the CD-Rom version 163
20. Appendix 168
21. References 170
22. Indexes 177