A Dictionary of British Place-Names (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

 
9780199609086: A Dictionary of British Place-Names (Oxford Quick Reference)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 019960908X ISBN 13: 9780199609086
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory essay discussing the chronology and development of English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names, as well as an extensive bibliography, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and a glossary of common elements in place-names. Also new to this edition is an appendix of recommended web links pointing to relevant online resources, thereby expanding the scope of the dictionary and providing the reader with an opportunity to explore the subject further. Both accessible and up to date, this dictionary is an ideal companion for anybody travelling around the British Isles, as well as for researchers and students with an interest in toponomy, local history, cartography, and lexicography.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Mills is Emeritus Reader in English, University of London, and a member of the Council of the English Place Name Society and of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and in Ireland. Other publications include A Dictionary of London Place-Names (Oxford University Press, 2010), Place-Names of the Isle of Wight: Their Origins and Meanings (Paul Watkins Publishing, 1996), and The Place-Names of Dorset (English Place-Name Society, 4 volumes 1977-2010).

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
019960908X
ISBN 13 
9780199609086
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
574
Herausgeber
Mills David
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