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What do we 'turn round and say'?
Another idea Hopper mentions is that it's an "emergent auxiliary." In effect, that it is grammaticalizing and losing its literal meaning in the process.
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What do we 'turn round and say'?
Well, Paul Hopper analyzes ‘turn around and’ as an example of hendiadys, a figure of speech used for emphasis. See this link, beginning on p. 154: books.google.co.th/…
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What do we 'turn round and say'?
It's really more subtle than that.
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The opposite of a "nip" in the air?
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