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English dictionaries as cultural mines
Dictionaries are mines whose word-gems encapsulate centuries of language history and cultural traditions; they are store-houses of meanings and uses, 'lamp genies' to be set free at the very moment readers set their eyes on their entries. This book is an attempt to free such lamp genies, by discussing the role of dictionaries in the identification and expression of cultural aspects in language, Other special reference to English. As such, its eleven chapters have been arranged to focus on gen...
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- "Dictionaries are mines whose word-gems encapsulate centuries of language history and cultural traditions; they are store-houses of meanings and uses, 'lamp genies' to be set free at the very moment readers set their eyes on their entries. This book is an attempt to free such lamp genies, by discussing the role of dictionaries in the identification and expression of cultural aspects in language, Other special reference to English. As such, its eleven chapters have been arranged to focus on gen..."@en
- "Discusses "the role of dictionaries in the identification and expression of cultural aspects in language, with special reference to English. As such, its eleven chapters have been arranged to focus on general, genre-specific, monolingual and bilingual lexicography, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective"--Cover, page [4]."@en
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- "English dictionaries as cultural mines : [... the Lexis conference (The study of lexicon across cultural identities and textual genres) held on 11-13 November 2010 at the University of Verona, where the eleven chapters of this book were originally delivered]"
- "English dictionaries as cultural mines"
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