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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

Dick Wilkinson
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      This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset, Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lancashire, but has also included a range of sayings from North America, Australia, Scotland and other English speaking countries. With revised contents and an improved index to make individual entries easier to find, the Concise can be used to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. It is a joy to browse long after your original query has been answered.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Dick Wilkinson EAN: 9780415430845 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 680 g HEIGHT: 246 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-03-22 CITY: GENRE: FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, REFERENCE / Thesauri WIDTH: 174 cm SPINE:

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      Language: history and general works, Linguistics, Language teaching and learning, Literature: history and criticism

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      Dick Wilkinson is a retired forestry Commission worker who studied Classics, Old English and Old Norse at Cambridge University. Struck by how many words and phrases in English acquired their present meanings through metaphor, he started to note them down. The Thesaurus is the culmination of a lifetime’s study of the English language.
      This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset, Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lancashire, but has also included a range of sayings from North America, Australia, Scotland and other English speaking countries. With revised contents and an improved index to make individual entries easier to find, the Concise can be used to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. It is a joy to browse long after your original query has been answered.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Dick Wilkinson EAN: 9780415430845 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 680 g HEIGHT: 246 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-03-22 CITY: GENRE: FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, REFERENCE / Thesauri WIDTH: 174 cm SPINE:

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      Language: history and general works, Linguistics, Language teaching and learning, Literature: history and criticism

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      Dick Wilkinson is a retired forestry Commission worker who studied Classics, Old English and Old Norse at Cambridge University. Struck by how many words and phrases in English acquired their present meanings through metaphor, he started to note them down. The Thesaurus is the culmination of a lifetime’s study of the English language.

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