Words, texts and genres
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The fifteen papers selected for Volume II of English Historical Linguistics 2008 have a different emphasis than those in Volume I (CILT 314, Lenker et al. 2010). Nine concentrate on the development of the English vocabulary and six on historical text linguistics, including the development of text-types and of politeness strategies. Of those in the former group, three have their emphasis on etymology, three on semantic fields, and three on word-formation, although some cover more than one of the…
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- Full title :Words, texts and genres / edited by Hans Sauer, Gaby Waxenberger ; with the assistance of Veronika Traidl.
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The fifteen papers selected for Volume II of English Historical Linguistics 2008 have a different emphasis than those in Volume I (CILT 314, Lenker et al. 2010). Nine concentrate on the development of the English vocabulary and six on historical text linguistics, including the development of text-types and of politeness strategies. Of those in the former group, three have their emphasis on etymology, three on semantic fields, and three on word-formation, although some cover more than one of these areas. The topics include: the treatment of etymological problems in the OED; deverb.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
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- Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
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- Description:1 online resource (xviii, 271 pages) : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027273574, 902727357X, 1283521539, 9781283521536, 9786613833983, 6613833983
- oclc:ocn808340556
- LC Classification:PE1075
- Dewey Decimal:425
Table of Contents
pt. 1. Etymology -- pt. 2. Semantic fields -- pt. 3. Word-formation -- pt. 4. Textlinguistics, text types, politeness.
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