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Oxford Handbook of the Word

Taylor, John R. · 2017

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This handbook addresses words in all their multifarious aspects and brings together scholars from every relevant discipline to do so. The many subjects covered include word frequencies; sounds and sound symbolism; the structure of words; taboo words; lexical borrowing; words in dictionaries and thesauri; word origins and change; place and personal names; nicknames; taxonomies; word acquisition and bilingualism; words in the mind; word disorders; and word games, puns, and puzzles; and the lure, magic, and poetry of words.

Book details

Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Editions
2
Pages
894
ISBN
9780198808633

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