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Author:

Kennett, White, 1660-1728, author.

Title:

Etymological collections of English words and provincial expressions / White Kennett ; edited with an introduction and commentary by Javier Ruano-García.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvi, 471 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait, facsimile ; 26 cm

Subject:

English language--Etymology--Early works to 1800.--Early works to 1800.
English language--Dialects--Early works to 1800.--Early works to 1800.

Other Authors:

Ruano-García, Javier, 1981- editor.

Other Titles:

Etymologicon Anglicanum

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-462) and index.

Summary:

This book is the first critical edition of White Kennett's Etymologicon Anglicanum (British Library, MS Lansdowne 1033), a long forgotten etymological compilation of the late 1690s with a substantial amount of regional dialect material. The first part introduces and contextualizes Kennett's work, and the second offers a fully annotated edition of the text with substantial commentary.

ISBN:

0198792719
9780198792710

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1007033050

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)