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The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming
Carole Hough
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Description for The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming
Hardback. This handbook offers an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful for specialists and accessible to the general reader. International experts examine name theory, place and personal names, names in literature, socio-onomastics, names and other disciplines, and other types of names. Editor(s): Hough, Carole. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in related fields and accessible to the general reader. All known languages make use of names, most commonly to identify individual people and places. Since Ancient Greece, names have been regarded as central to the study of language, and this has continued to be a major theme of both philosophical and linguistic enquiry throughout the history of Western thought. The investigation of name origins is more recent, ... Read more
In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in related fields and accessible to the general reader. All known languages make use of names, most commonly to identify individual people and places. Since Ancient Greece, names have been regarded as central to the study of language, and this has continued to be a major theme of both philosophical and linguistic enquiry throughout the history of Western thought. The investigation of name origins is more recent, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Number of Pages
800
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199656431
SKU
V9780199656431
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About Carole Hough
Carole Hough is Professor of Onomastics at the University of Glasgow, where she has lectured for nearly 20 years. She is a historical linguist with particular interests in the development of the English language and the role of name evidence. She has published extensively on name studies and other topics, and has served as President of the International Council of ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming
...likely to become one of the standard works of reference and, in fact, a must-have for everyone interested in the science of names and naming. It works both as a tool for individual researchers and as additional reading material in classes on onomastics and related fields.
Peter Backhaus, Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, Waseda ... Read more
Peter Backhaus, Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, Waseda ... Read more