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Publication details [#32000]

Kronenfeld, David B. and Gabriella Rundblad. 2003. The inevitability of folk etymology: a case of collective reality and invisible hands. Journal of Pragmatics : 119–138.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

folk etymology | language and culture | semantics2

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-2166

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This article examines the semantic and cultural nature of folk etymologies, the underlying mechanisms, and the insights it provides concerning the society of its speakers.