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Words in Time and Place : Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have never heard before, find out fascinating facts behind everyday words, and be surprised at how lively and varied the English language can be. P...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
2014.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; WORDS IN TIME AND PLACE: EXPLORING LANGUAGE THROUGH THE HISTORICAL THESAURUS OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY; Copyright; Contents; Symbols and abbreviations; General introduction; Thesaurus vs dictionary; Why time and place?; Which semantic fields?; Coverage and treatment; 1: From swelt to zonk: WORDS FOR DYING; Influences; Timeline; 2: From neb to hooter: WORDS FOR NOSE; Timeline; 3: From cup-shot torat-arsed: WORDS FOR BEING DRUNK; Semantic themes; Timeline; 4: From meatship to trough, and nuncheon to short-eat: WORDS FOR A (LIGHT) MEAL; Light meals; Timeline.
- 5: From gong to shitter, and closet to the House of Lords: WORDS FOR A PRIVYThe problem of categories; Timeline; 6: From dizzy to numpty: WORDS FOR A FOOL; Important themes; Timeline; 7: From darling to lamb-chop: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT; Timeline; 8: From lo to knickers, and aplight to sapristi: OATHS AND EXCLAMATIONS; Motifs; Timeline; 9: From guest house to B & B, and hotel to floatel: WORDS FOR INNS AND HOTELS; Linguistic consequences; Timeline; 10: From meretrix to parlor girl: WORDS FOR A PROSTITUTE; Directness or euphemism; Timeline; 11: From mint to dosh: WORDS FOR MONEY.
- Later developmentsWider perspectives; Timeline; 12: From smolt to untempestuous, and reigh to ugly: WORDS FOR CALM AND STORMY WEATHER; Timeline; 13: From ealda to geriatric, bevar to poppa stoppa, and trot to old boot: WORDS FOR OLD PERSON, OLD MAN, OLD WOMAN; Attitudes to age; Attitudes to gender; The future; Timeline; 14: From skiffle to grime: WORDS FOR TYPES OF POP MUSIC; Problems of treatment; Hybrid genres; Timeline; 15: From astronaut to Skylab: WORDS FOR SPACECRAFT; Timeline; Glossary; Further reading and sources; Chronological indexes; Chronological index of words.