Take my word for it : a dictionary of English idioms /
"Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of word origins, Anatoly Liberman explains more than one thousand idioms, both popular and obscure, occurring in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2022]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of word origins, Anatoly Liberman explains more than one thousand idioms, both popular and obscure, occurring in both American and British standard English and including many regional expressions"-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781452968629 1452968624 9781452968636 1452968632 |