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A Dictionary of First Names - Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, Kate Hardcastle

A Dictionary of First Names

Buch | Hardcover
472 Seiten
2016
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-880051-4 (ISBN)
CHF 49,95 inkl. MwSt
An informative and fascinating book which covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including traditional names as well as the very newest names. It covers pet names, variant spellings, and gives intriguing historical and linguistic information for names from Aaron to Zuleika.
This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format.

The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the very newest names as well as traditional names. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all your questions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers for the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, and masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation.

The book includes extensive appendices covering names from languages including Scottish, Irish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese names. Tables of the most popular names by year and by region are also included.

From the traditional to the rare and unconventional, this book will tell you everything you need to know about names.

Patrick Hanks is a lexicographer and linguistic researcher, and is well known as a names specialist. Flavia Hodges is a philologist, lexicographer, and publisher. Kate Hardcastle is a lexicographer, and names specialist.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Oxford Reference Collection
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 137 x 209 mm
Gewicht 584 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-19-880051-7 / 0198800517
ISBN-13 978-0-19-880051-4 / 9780198800514
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