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The Power of Words: Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay

By Graham D. Caie (Editor), Carole Hough (Editor), Irené Wotherspoon (Editor)
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By Graham D. Caie (Editor), Carole Hough (Editor), Irené Wotherspoon (Editor)
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This volume comprises essays in lexicography, lexicology and semantics by leading international experts in these fields. The contributions cover Old, Middle and Present—Day English and Scots, and specific subjects include medical vocabulary, colour lexemes, and semantic and pragmatic meaning in terms for politeness, money and humour. In the area of Old English studies there are articles on kinship terminology and colour lexemes, and in Middle English a semantic and syntactic study of the ov...

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