Oxford Handbook of the Word
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 960
ISBN-13: 9780199641604
Subjects: Language and languages, etymology; Vocabulary; Linguistics
Description: This handbook addresses words in all their multifarious aspects and brings together scholars from every relevant discipline to do so. The many subjects covered include word frequencies; sounds and sound symbolism; the structure of words; taboo words; lexical borrowing; words in dictionaries and thesauri; word origins and change; place and personal names; nicknames; taxonomies; word acquisition and bilingualism; words in the mind; word disorders; and word games, puns, and puzzles; and the lure, magic, and poetry of words.