Title English historical semantics / Christian Kay and Kathryn Allan.

Publication Info.	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 206 pages) : illustrations.
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Series	Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced
	Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. A brief history of the English lexicon -- 3. Categories of meaning -- 4. Tracing the development of individual words -- 5. How and why words change meaning -- 6. Larger categories -- 7. English colour terms: a case study -- 8. Language and culture -- 9. Metaphor and metonymy -- 10. The big picture and a look ahead.
Summary	This guide gives students a solid grounding in the basic methodology of how to analyse corpus data to study new words entering the language or language change. .
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Subject	English language -- Semantics, Historical.
	English language -- Semantics, Historical.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Allan, Kathryn, author.
Other Form:	Print version: Kay, Christian. English historical semantics. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015] 9780748644780 (DLC) 2015506463 (OCoLC)920866770
ISBN	9780748644797 (webready PDF)
	0748644792 (webready PDF)
	9781474409124 (epub)
	1474409121 (epub)
	9780748644780 (hardback)
	0748644784 (hardback)
	9780748644773 (paperback)
	0748644776 (paperback)