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Card 6

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What are euphemisms?

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Card 7

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What are idioms?

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Card 8

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What is pejorations?

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Card 9

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What is amelioration?

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Card 10

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Where have some English words come from?

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Card 11

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What is Labov's idea about language change?

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Card 12

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What are Jean Aitchison's parodies of prescriptivism?

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Card 13

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What is the damp spoon syndrome?

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Card 14

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What is the infectious disease assumption?

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Card 15

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What is the crumbling castle view?

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