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科图分类法:
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H316/106 版次： |
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中图分类法:
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H316 版次： |
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著者:
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Johnson, Samuel, |
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题名:
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A dictionary of the English language : [ an anthology /] / , |
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出版发行:
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出版地： London : 出版社： Penguin, 出版日期： 2006. |
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载体形态:
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xiv, 650 p. ; 20 cm. |
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附注:
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Originally published, 2005. |
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内容提要:
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"Dr. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755) was the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written. This is an anthology of 4,000 familiar, unusual and sometimes bizarre entries from it, covering subjects from fashion to food, philosophy to science. Replete with colourful definitions and quotations from Shakespeare to Milton, the selection fully conveys Johnson's passion for his native tongue - whether formal or 'low', deriving from Staffordshire or Scotland - and brings alive the innovations, fads and crazes of his day, from 'periwig' to 'tea'. It also shows how distinctive eighteenth-century vocabulary was - when, for example, a 'merrythought' was a wishbone - yet how it overlaps with ours in unexpected ways." --Book Jacket. |
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主题词:
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English language |
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主题词:
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English language Lexicography |
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索书号:
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H316/106 |