Intensifying Similes in English ...
Author : Torsten Hilding Svartengren
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Page : 558 pages
File Size : 47,94 MB
Release : 1918
Category : English language
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Author : Torsten Hilding Svartengren
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Page : 558 pages
File Size : 47,94 MB
Release : 1918
Category : English language
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Author : T Hilding Svartengren
Publisher : Legare Street Press
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Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 9781018302959
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Author : Torsten Hilding Svartengren
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Page : pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 1918
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780841426436
Author : P.R. Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2991 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1134474148
This fascinating collection of traditional metaphors and figures of speech, groups expressions according to theme. The second edition includes over 1,500 new entries, more information on first known usages, a new introduction and two expanded indexes. It will appeal to those interested in cultural history and the English language.
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Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic journals
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Author : Torsten Hilding Svartengren
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Page : 566 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 1918
Category : English language
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Author : Albert Montefiore Hyamson
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Page : 392 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Allusions
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Author : Oakley C. Johnson
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Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,31 MB
Release : 1928
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Author : T. Hilding Svartengren
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
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ISBN : 9780267889303
Excerpt from Intensifying Similes in English: Inaugural Dissertation It was originally my intention to start an inquiry on a rather large scale, but my attempts in this direction soon made it evident that, owing to causes needless to dwell upon, postal conditions and other circumstances would not make such an inquiry an unqualified success. Nevertheless I have to thank Miss Edith Underwood, of Durham, and several correspondents of Notes Queries for many valuable replies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 11,65 MB
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1452968624
Three centuries of English idioms—their unusual origins and unexpected interpretations To pay through the nose. Raining cats and dogs. By hook or by crook. Curry favor. Drink like a fish. Eat crow. We hear such phrases every day, but this book is the first truly all-encompassing etymological guide to both their meanings and origins. Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of word origins, Anatoly Liberman explains more than one thousand idioms, both popular and obscure, occurring in both American and British standard English and including many regional expressions. The origins, and even the precise meaning, of most idioms are often obscure and lost in history. Based on a critical analysis of countless conjectures, with exact, in-depth references (rare in the literature on the subject), Take My Word for It provides not only a large corpus of idiomatic phrases but also a vast bibliography. Detailed indexes and a thesaurus make the content accessible at a glance, and Liberman’s introduction and conclusion add historical dimensions. The result of decades of research by a leading authority, this book is both instructive and absorbing for scholars and general readers, who won’t find another resource as comparable in scope or based on data even remotely as exhaustive.