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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors - P.R. Wilkinson

Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

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Buch | Hardcover
370 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-42925-3 (ISBN)
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Useful to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. This work presents a collection of metaphors, and includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It also contains sayings from North America, Australia, and Scotland.
This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset, Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lancashire, but has also included a range of sayings from North America, Australia, Scotland and other English speaking countries.

With revised contents and an improved index to make individual entries easier to find, the Concise can be used to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. It is a joy to browse long after your original query has been answered.

Wilkinson, P.R.

Part 1: The Human World  1. Human Relationships  2. Communications  3. The Body, Body-care  4. Illness and Death  5. The Home, Calendar and Clocks  6. Housework  7. Food and Drink and its Preparation  8. Clothing  9. Work, Tools, Slavery  10. Poverty  11. Riches, Trade, Markets, Shopping  12. Town Life, Parks and Gardens  13. Farming, Farm-work  14. Crafts & Skills, Industry, Machinery, Milling  15. The Imaginative, Spiritual and Intellectual Life  16. The Arts  17. Sports, Games and Entertainment  18. Travel  19. Beggars, Tramps  20. Criminals, the Law  21. Naval, Military, Royalist and Political Matters  Part 2: Nature and the Animal World  22. Skies, Landscapes  23. Woods  24. Wild Flora  25. Land Creatures  26. Water Creatures  27. Birds  28. Reptiles and Amphibians  29. Insects

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 870 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10 1-138-42925-2 / 1138429252
ISBN-13 978-1-138-42925-3 / 9781138429253
Zustand Neuware
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