Christian Kay Kathryn L Allan English Historical Semantics (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: English Historical SemanticsCondition: NewEAN: 9780748644773ISBN: 9780748644773Publisher: Edinburgh University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/31/2015Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 138mmItem Weight: 281gAuthor: Christian Kay, Kathryn L AllanLanguage: EnglishDescription: Providing an ideal introduction to historical semantics, this book offers graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in linguistics and English Language an accessible overview of the structural and cognitive approaches to English historical semantics. Focusing primarily on Lexical Semantics, the study of word meaning, the book looks at how these approaches help to answer two key questions in Historical Linguistics: how and why languages change. Considering changes both in the meanings of individual word forms and in larger areas of the lexicon, English Historical Semantics illustrates how data can be found and analysed, and explores how Lexical Semantics interacts with other areas of linguistics. In particular, the book describes in detail two of the most significant resources in this field: the Oxford English Dictionary and the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. By using empirical data to study historical semantics, the book provides students with essential tools to investigate new words entering the language, and to study language change.With extended case studies including colour and kinship terms, suggestions for further reading, and exercises designed to stimulate reflection and test understanding, this textbook is an invaluable resource and practical guide designed to help students navigate this large and fascinating field.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - A...Release Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: English Historical Semantics

Title: English Historical Semantics

EAN: 9780748644773

ISBN: 9780748644773

Release Date: 10/31/2015

Release Year: 2015

Country/Region of Manufacture: GB

Genre: Language & Reference

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: English Historical Semantics

Publisher: Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

Publication Year: 2015

Item Height: 0.6 in

Subject: English As a Second Language, Linguistics / Semantics, Linguistics / General

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 9.9 Oz

Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

Author: Kathryn L. Allan, Christian Kay

Item Length: 5.4 in

Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language-Advanced Ser.

Item Width: 8.4 in

Format: Trade Paperback