Author: Richard Stephen Charnock
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Local Etymology
Author: Richard Stephen Charnock
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Place Names
Author: Francesco Perono Cacciafoco
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108803032
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
What are place names? From where do they originate? How are they structured? What do they signify? How important are they in our life? This groundbreaking book explores these compelling questions and more by providing a thorough introduction to the assumptions, theories, terminology, and methods in toponymy and toponomastics – the studies of place names, or toponyms. It is the first comprehensive resource on the topic in a single volume, and explores the history and development of toponyms, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues pertinent to the study of place names around the world. It presents a wide range of examples and case studies illustrating the structure, function, and importance of toponyms from ancient times to the present day. Wide ranging yet accessible, it is an indispensable source of knowledge for students and scholars in linguistics, toponymy and toponomastics, onomastics, etymology, and historical linguistics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108803032
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
What are place names? From where do they originate? How are they structured? What do they signify? How important are they in our life? This groundbreaking book explores these compelling questions and more by providing a thorough introduction to the assumptions, theories, terminology, and methods in toponymy and toponomastics – the studies of place names, or toponyms. It is the first comprehensive resource on the topic in a single volume, and explores the history and development of toponyms, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues pertinent to the study of place names around the world. It presents a wide range of examples and case studies illustrating the structure, function, and importance of toponyms from ancient times to the present day. Wide ranging yet accessible, it is an indispensable source of knowledge for students and scholars in linguistics, toponymy and toponomastics, onomastics, etymology, and historical linguistics.
Words and Places
Author: Isaac Taylor
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Publisher:
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Words and Places: Or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology and Geography
Author: Isaac Taylor
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Category : Names
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Category : Names
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language and Culture
Author: Liwei Jiao
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351684078
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language and Culture represents the first English anthology that delves into the fascinating and thought-provoking relationship between the Chinese language and culture, exploring various macro and micro perspectives. Chinese culture boasts a history of ten thousand years, while the Chinese language’s recorded history spans at least three thousand years, dating back to the Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions (OBI). This handbook is comprised of 17 chapters from 18 scholars including Victor Mair and William S-Y. Wang. Many chapters approach their respective topics with a comprehensive and historical outlook. Certain extensive subjects are addressed in multiple chapters, complementing one another. These topics include: The languages and peoples of China, and the southern Chinese dialects Mandarin’s evolution into a national language and its related writing reforms Language as a propaganda tool in the Cultural Revolution and in contemporary China Chinese idioms and colloquialisms This book offers an approachable exploration of the subject, appealing to both specialists and enthusiasts of the Chinese language and culture.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351684078
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language and Culture represents the first English anthology that delves into the fascinating and thought-provoking relationship between the Chinese language and culture, exploring various macro and micro perspectives. Chinese culture boasts a history of ten thousand years, while the Chinese language’s recorded history spans at least three thousand years, dating back to the Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions (OBI). This handbook is comprised of 17 chapters from 18 scholars including Victor Mair and William S-Y. Wang. Many chapters approach their respective topics with a comprehensive and historical outlook. Certain extensive subjects are addressed in multiple chapters, complementing one another. These topics include: The languages and peoples of China, and the southern Chinese dialects Mandarin’s evolution into a national language and its related writing reforms Language as a propaganda tool in the Cultural Revolution and in contemporary China Chinese idioms and colloquialisms This book offers an approachable exploration of the subject, appealing to both specialists and enthusiasts of the Chinese language and culture.
The Academy
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Catalogue of the Educational Division of the South Kensington Museum
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Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art
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Languages : en
Pages : 936
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The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910
Eclectic and Congregational Review
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Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Languages : en
Pages : 838
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The Eclectic Review
Author: Samuel Greatheed
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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