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The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (HTOED) is a unique new resource charting the semantic development of the huge and varied vocabulary of English. It is the first comprehensive historical thesaurus ever produced for any language, containing almost every word in English from Old English to the present day, and is a magnificent resource for the historical study of the language. It is based on a detailed analysis of English as found in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and also draws on A Thesaurus of Old English. Conceived and compiled by the English Language Department of the University of Glasgow over a period of some 45 years, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is a groundbreaking analysis of meaning in the history of English. Content and Structure The thesaurus organization follows a unique thematic system of classification, with entries arranged in a comprehensive semantic hierarchy according to their meanings. Each individual synonym is presented in chronological order according to the first recorded date of the word

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Book category Books in English Language Language: reference & general Thesauri

• Full title: Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
• Author: Christian Kay
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 3952
• EAN: 9780199208999
• ISBN: 0199208999
• ID: 04034174
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 6002 g
• Dimensions: 251 × 309 × 163 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. October 2009

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