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The Word Detective
Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a word, and the careful poetry needed to construct its definition. He challenges both the idea that dictionaries are definitive, and the notion that language is falling apart. With a sense of humour, an ability to laugh at bureaucracy and an inclination to question the status quo, John Simpson gives life to the colourful characters at the OED and to the English language itself. He splices his stories with entertaining and erudite diversions into the history and origin of words such as 'kangaroo', 'hot-dog' , 'pommie', 'bicycle' , not ignoring those swearwords often classed as 'Anglo-Saxon' ! The book will speak to anyone who uses a dictionary, 'word people' , history lovers, students and parents.
Minerva
Part 1 includes Europe, part 2 includes Outside of Europe.
Minerva
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Minerva
Minerva, Jahrbuch der universitäten der Welt
단어 탐정
최고의 사전만이 가질 수 있는 위대한 발자취!단어의 역사를 기록한 OED의 기록적인 역사 <옥스퍼드 영어 사전(OED)>은 최고의 권위를 가진 사전이다. ‘역사 사전(historical dictionary)’으로 불리는 이 사전은 단순한 단어의 의미뿐만 아니라 단어의 역사적인 발달 순서와 용법을 참고할 수 있는 문헌 자료도 제공한다. 그야말로 단어의 역사를 기록한 사전이다. 1884년에 1권을 시작으로 하여 1928년에 12권을 출간하면서 초판이 완간되었다. 열두 권에 빼곡하게 담긴 어휘의 양뿐만 아니라 44년의 시간을 거칠 수밖에 없는 치밀한 연구 작...
ANF
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Hymn to Delos
This is the first comprehensive commentary on Callimachus' Hymn to Delos, its immediate predecessor being Cahen's concise work of 1930. The Introduction proposes a new interpretation of the Hymn's purpose and background, and further discusses the date of its composition, its vocabulary, several of its stylistic aspects, and its metre and prosody. The Commentary, which follows Pfeiffer's text (Oxford 1953), presents parallels from relevant Greek poetry (mainly epic and tragic) to illustrate tradition and originality in Callimachus' style, offers some new interpretations and examines old ones, and indicates possible allusions to contemporary events in Egypt and elsewhere. Textual problems are treated where necessary and emendations are also occasionally proposed.
