In " Lexical Analysis, " Patrick Hanks offers a wide-ranging empirical investigation of word use and meaning in language. The book fills the need for a lexically based, corpus-driven theoretical appro
Compiled by Patrick Hanks, one of the world's leading authorities on names and naming, this new edition of An A-Z of Baby Names (previously Babies' Names) provides all the help you'll need to find the
Series: Philosophers and LawThis comprehensive, six-volume collection presents classic and contemporary writings on the lexicon, embracing fields as disparate as philosophy of language, cognitive ling
Most of the names looked up were present, so this three-volume dictionary cannot be far off its claim to have 85% of American surnames. Entries provide frequency of occurrence in the population, an ex
This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardb
With contributions from Aristotle to Lakoff and Johnson, and incorporating the work of philosophers, linguists, literary theorists, and cognitive psychologists, this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary
Containing entries for more than 45,000 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland is the ultimate reference work on
