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Folk-taxonomies in early English / Earl R. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Earl R., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Semantics.
- English language.
- English language--Old English--Semantics.
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Semantics.
- Semantics.
- English language--Middle English--Semantics.
- English language--Semantics, Historical.
- Natural history--Terminology.
- Natural history.
- Biology--Classification.
- Biology.
- Colors, Words for.
- Genre:
- Terminology.
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 587 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : :Associated University Presses, [2003]
- Contents:
- The study of color terms across languages
- Reconstruction of color taxonomies in proto-Indo-European and in historical languages
- Basic color terms in Germanic and Old English
- Basic color terms in middle and modern English
- The seasons of the year
- Geometric shapes
- The five senses
- The folk-psychology of mind and soul
- Plant life-forms
- Animal life-forms
- Taxonomies and the problem of universals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-575) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 083863916X
- OCLC:
- 50919918
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