16.1923, Media: NYT: Standing on the Shoulders of Clichés

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-1923. Wed Jun 22 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.1923, Media: NYT: Standing on the Shoulders of Clichés

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Date: 20-Jun-2005
From: Jessica Firger < jessica.firger at hholt.com >
Subject: NYT: Standing on the Shoulders of Clichés 

	
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:34:22
From: Jessica Firger < jessica.firger at hholt.com >
Subject: NYT: Standing on the Shoulders of Clichés 
 


I wanted to alert you to a New York Times op-ed article by Guy Deutscher
from Saturday, June 18, on the value of cliches to ordinary language. It's
entitled 'Standing on the Shoulders of Clichés', and the full text can be
found here (free registration to the NYT is required):

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/18/opinion/18deutscher.html 


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