Webs of Words : New Studies in Historical Lexicology
ISBN: 9781443820257
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Language/ Linguistics;

Webs of Words: New Studies in Historical Lexicology brings together ten papers on aspects of the history of words and vocabulary, which address aspects of Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English (including Caribbean varieties), German, Italian, Maori, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and other languages. In the first four essays, focussing on pre-1800 material, Karel Kucera and Martin StlukaOCOs opening essay discusses the plotting of the relative historical frequency of common words, drawing on their wor..."


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