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The power of words : essays in lexicography, lexicology and semantics : in honour of Christian J. Kay /
This volume comprises essays in lexicography, lexicology and semantics by leading international experts in these fields. The contributions cover Old, Middle and Present-Day English and Scots, and specific subjects include medical vocabulary, colour lexemes, and semantic and pragmatic meaning in term...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2006.
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| Colección: | Costerus ;
new ser., v. 163. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Old English colour lexemes used of textiles in Anglo-Saxon England / C.P. Biggam
- Slang terms for money: a historical thesaurus / Julie Coleman
- 'Huv a wee seat, hen': evaluative terms in Scots / Fiona Douglas, John Corbett
- Lexical splits and mergers: some difficult cases for the OED / Philip Durkin
- Of fæderan and eamas: avuncularity in Old English / Andreas Fischer
- $ho:fian{*}/vK2: a LAEME-based lexical study / Roger Lass, Margaret Laing
- The rhyme potential of Scots / Caroline Macafee
- Of politeness and people / Terttu Nevalainen, Heli Tissari
- ME douten and dreden / Michiko Ogura
- What did Anglo-Saxon seals seal when? / Jane Roberts
- Notes on the medical vocabulary of John Keats / Jeremy J. Smith
- 'Tell her to shut her moof': the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian / Jane Stuart-Smith, Claire Timmins
- Forces of change: are social and moral attitudes legible in this Historical Thesaurus classification? / Louise Sylvester
- Key word in context: semantic and pragmatic meaning of humour / Irma Taavitainen
- Lexicographical Lyrics / James McGonigal.