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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1512800473
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Author : Morton Benson
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 1992-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
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Handbook for Russian names. Includes transliteration and pronunciation guidelines.
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Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 1967
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Author : Alexander Beider
Publisher :
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Reference
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Author : Patrick Hanks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 31,79 MB
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0191578541
This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the very newest names as well as traditional names. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all your questions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers for the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, and masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation. The book includes extensive appendices covering names from languages including Scottish, Irish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese names. Tables of the most popular names by year and by region are also included. From the traditional to the rare and unconventional, this book will tell you everything you need to know about names.
Author : Patrick Hanks
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 2094 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 2003-05-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0195081374
Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you about your lineage?From the editor of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Surnames comes the most extensive compilation of surnames in America. The result of 10 years of research and 30 consulting editors, this massive undertaking documents 70,000 surnames of Americans across the country. A reference source like no other, it surveys each surname giving its meaning, nationality, alternate spellings, common forenames associated with it, and the frequency of each surname and forename.The Dictionary of American Family Names is a fascinating journey throughout the multicultural United States, offering a detailed look at the meaning and frequency of surnames throughout the country. For students studying family genealogy, others interested in finding out more about their own lineage, or lexicographers, the Dictionary is an ideal place to begin research.
Author : Rella Israly Cohn
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 2008-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1461674549
This is a lexicon of Yiddish given names, preceded by four chapters of material that explains the lexical conventions, the historical environment, and the research applicable to this subject.
Author : Henryk Jankowski
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1306 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9047418425
This dictionary, the first of its kind in Turkological studies, will prove to be an invaluable research tool for those studying the Crimea, Ukraine, as well as Eurasian Nomadism. It is the result of year-long painstaking research into the etymology of Crimean pre-Russian habitation names, providing insight into the Turkic, Greek, Caucasian place-names in a comparative context, as well as the histories of these cities, towns and villages themselves. The dictionary contains approximately 1,500 entries, preceded by an introduction with notes on the history of the Crimea and the structure of habitation names. For the reader’s convenience, many entries are classified in indices which follow the main part of the book. Additionally, three detailed primary source maps, separately indexed, are appended to the dictionary, as well as a map showing the administration network of the Crimea at the end of the Crimean Tatar Khanate.
Author : Teresa Norman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 18,98 MB
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780399528941
One of the most comprehensive baby name reference guides available, featuring more than 30,000 baby names, has been revised and expanded. Each chapter focuses on names from specific countries, regions, and ethnicities, including details about traditional naming customs. Each entry contains various spellings and pronunciations, as well as the name's meaning, history, etymology, and derivations.
Author : Allen Kent
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 1976-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780824720193
"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."
