Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary With Additional Material from a Thesaurus of Old English

Zusatztext I can hardly imagine any reference book more valuable for the historical novelist. Informationen zum Autor Professor Christian Kay! MA! AM! DipGenLing! University of GlasgowProfessor Jane Roberts! MA! DPhil! DLitt! University of LondonProfessor Michael Samuels! MA! DLitt! FRSE! formerly University of GlasgowIrené Wotherspoon! MA! MLitt! formerly University of Glasgow Klappentext A 40-year project in the making! the "Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary" covers more than 920!000 words and meanings based on the "Oxford English Dictionary." Zusammenfassung The Historical Thesaurus of the OED is the largest thesaurus in the world and the first historical thesaurus to be compiled in any language. Based on the sense inventory of the OED (2/e), it contains every word in English from Old English to the present day, allowing users to find words connected in meaning throughout the history of the language.

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• Authors: Christian (EDT)/ Roberts Kay
• Assisted by: Christian Kay (Editor), Jane Roberts (Editor), Michael Samuels (Editor), Irene Wotherspoon (Editor), Irené Wotherspoon (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.06.2014
• Subject: Education and learning
• EAN: 9780199208999
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920899-9
• Pages: 3,952
• Dimensions (packing): 31.5 x 25 x 15.5 cm