EPISODE · Jan 13, 2020 · 22 MIN

Episode 81: Idioms (General Overview)

from Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

This episode begins a new series on the etymology of English idioms. In this general overview of idioms, we discuss why idioms are syntactically and semantically peculiar, how idioms emerge, how idioms fossilize archaic grammar, and more.

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