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Logomotives : words that change the world, 1400-1700 / edited by Marjorie Rubright and Stephen Spiess.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Conversions célèbres.
- Conversions Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical linguistics.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (394 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Animates the conversional potential of language by exploring the catalytic force of words across diverse cultures and linguistic systems.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- SERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INTRODUCTION: FROM KEYWORDS TO LOGOMOTIVES
- 1 BETHINK
- 2 BLACK
- 3 THE BLUSH
- 4 CONVERSIO/CONVERSION
- 5 CORN/MAIZE
- 6 CYNEFIN
- 7 DESERT
- 8 DIFERENCIAS
- 9 ETHNIC/ETHNICITY
- 10 FROLIC
- 11 GROSS
- 12 HABLA DE NEGROS
- 13 HAREM
- 14 HEW/HUE
- 15 IMPOTENT
- 16 POST
- 17 PROFIT
- 18 PROJECT
- 19 SILENUS
- 20 SIMIAN
- 21 STUDY
- 22 TASTE/DHAWQ
- 23 TRADUCTIO
- 24 TRANSPORT
- 25 VENTURE CAPITAL
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rubright, Marjorie Logomotives
- ISBN:
- 9781399544535
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