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Review: The hidden history of coined words. By Ralph Keyes. Oxford University Press 2021. Pp. xvi, 375.

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

Volume 59 (2024): Issue 1 (January 2024)

By: Ewa Ciszek-Kiliszewska

Open Access

|Feb 2026

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Minkova, Donka & Robert Stockwell. 2001. English words: History and structure. Cambridge University Press.
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OED = Oxford English Dictionary online. Available at: https://www.oed.com, accessed October 15, 2025
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Zimmer Ben. 2009. Spreading the word. Forbes.com. April 23, 2009, Available at: https://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/how-language-made-options-books-zimmer.html, accessed October 15, 2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/stap.2025.59.07 | Journal eISSN: 2082-5102 | Journal ISSN: 0081-6272

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Language: English

Page range: 163 - 170

Published on: Feb 22, 2026

Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Related subjects:

Linguistics and semiotics,

Other languages of Europe,

European languages, other,

Literary studies,

Anglo-American literature,

Anglo-American literature, general,

Topics in literary studies,

Literary studies and linguistics

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