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Author : Joseph Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The English Dialect Dictionary: D-G written by Joseph Wright and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1428 pages
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Download or read book The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: F-M written by Joseph Wright and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bartlett Jere Whiting
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674219816
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases written by Bartlett Jere Whiting and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.B. J. Whiting savors proverbial expressions and has devoted much of his lifetime to studying and collecting them; no one knows more about British and American proverbs than he. The present volume, based upon writings in British North America from the earliest settlements to approximately 1820, complements his and Archer Taylor's Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880. It differs from that work and from other standard collections, however, in that its sources are primarily not "literary" but instead workaday writings - letters, diaries, histories, travel books, political pamphlets, and the like. The authors represent a wide cross-section of the populace, from scholars and statesmen to farmers, shopkeepers, sailors, and hunters. Mr. Whiting has combed all the obvious sources and hundreds of out-of-the-way publications of local journals and historical societies. This body of material, "because it covers territory that has not been extracted and compiled in a scholarly way before, can justly be said to be the most valuable of all those that Whiting has brought together," according to Albert B. Friedman. "What makes the work important is Whiting's authority: a proverb or proverbial phrase is what BJW thinks is a proverb or proverbial phrase. There is no objective operative definition of any value, no divining rod; his tact, 'feel, ' experience, determine what's the real thing and what is spurious."
Author : Javier Ruano-García
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783034300582
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Early Modern Northern English Lexis written by Javier Ruano-García and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of regional 'Englishes' in the Early Modern period still presents numerous lacunae that need to be filled, in order to provide a complete insight into the English linguistic setting at this time. This book aims to remedy these deficiencies in some measure. In particular, this monograph seeks to shed light upon the history of Early Modern Northern English vocabulary by means of the first corpus of Early Modern texts where Northern linguistic traits are used for literary purposes. It provides a linguistically documented description of Northern words from a synchronic standpoint, dealing with their distribution, etymology, as well as with some of their morphological and semantic characteristics. In addition, this study offers a discussion of the Early Modern literary representations of Northern speech. A thorough revision of the treatment that Northern lexical items are given in contemporary and modern lexicographic sources is also presented, together with a glossary that outlines the diachronic profile of the terms gathered.
Author : Ernest Weekley
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Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English written by Ernest Weekley and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 146553332X
Total Pages : 6975 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More than Three Hundred Years with Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc. written by Anonymous and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 6975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kate Burridge
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0730445933
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Gift of the Gob written by Kate Burridge and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about the quirks of the English language from an Australian point of view, from popular author and ABC TV and Radio regular Kate Burridge. Morsels of English Language History. Why can we fall in love but not in hate?. What do codswallop and poppycock share?. Why not one house and two hice?. How come we scream blue murder, sing the blues and turn the air blue?In GIFt OF tHE GOB Professor of Linguistics Kate Burridge explores our language and the everlasting tug-of-love that exists between 'proper' English and its wayward relation slang. She investigates the place where all that is 'wrong', 'bad' or 'sloppy' slips into everyday use, before becoming 'proper' in its turn!Join Kate on a fascinating journey through English language history, as she untangles words and their meanings, and unearths the centuries of spectacular changes that have transformed the very core of our language.Based on segments from ABC Local Radio and ABC tV's CAN WE HELP? this book has been inspired by the linguistic shenanigans of the general public. these mouth-filling morsels of English language history demonstrate the poetic ingenuity of common language, and celebrate its remarkable inventiveness.
Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135795428
Total Pages : 6031 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 6031 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914.
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Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1098 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of phrase and fable. [A dictionary of English literature] by W.D. Adams, with additions written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1004 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: D-G written by Joseph Wright and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James A.C. Stevenson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474247202
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Scoor-oot written by James A.C. Stevenson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary covers a multitude of Scots words and expressions, some of which have entered into English worldwide, some of which are peculiarly Scottish and communicate much about Scotland's unique culture and society. Often light in tone, it offers valuable insight into the linguistic development of Scots.
Author : Richard O. Heslop
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Northumberland Words written by Richard O. Heslop and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Haldane
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Download or read book Northumberland Words written by Harry Haldane and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : English Dialect Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Publications written by English Dialect Society and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph T. Shipley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442233990
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Early English written by Joseph T. Shipley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1955-01-15 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabetical discussion of words from early English authors, including the most interesting, informative—and revivable—English words that have lapsed from general use. Includes: 1) Words likely to be met in literary reading. Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, the Tudor pamphlets and translations, are richly represented in words and illustrative quotations. The late 18th and early 19th century revival has been culled: Chatterton, Ossian; Percy’s Reliques and Child’s Ballads; Scott, in his effort to bring picturesque words back into use. In addition, anthologies, for the general reader or the student, have been examined, and works they include combed for forgotten words. 2) Words that belong to the history of early England, describing or illuminating social conditions, political (e.g. feudal) divisions or distinctions, and all the ways of living, of thinking and feeling, in earlier times. Anxiety, for example, is indicated, not in the 99 phobias listed in a psychiatric glossary of the 1950s but in the 120 methods (see areomancy) of determining the future. 3) Words that in various ways have special interest, as in meaning, background, or associated folklore. Included in this group are various imaginary beings, and a number of magic or medicinal plants. 4) Words that are not in the general vocabulary today, but might be usefully and pleasantly revived.
Author : Robert Ford
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Thistledown written by Robert Ford and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thistledown" by Robert Ford. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
