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Oxford Paperbacks: Sahibs, Nabobs, and Boxwallahs

A Dictionary of the Words of Anglo-India

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  • 278 páginas
  • 10 horas de lectura

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This new dictionary not only presents the known vocabulary of Anglo-India, but also provides the sources, etymologies, and usages of the words of the past 350 years. With an extensive historical introduction and register of references, this complete source offers a lively and scholarlyhistory of previous lexicographical work in this area as well as a socio-linguistic analysis of the growth of Anglo-Indian words and their use in the literature of India.

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Oxford Paperbacks: Sahibs, Nabobs, and Boxwallahs, Ivor Lewis

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Publicado en
1998
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Título
Oxford Paperbacks: Sahibs, Nabobs, and Boxwallahs
Subtítulo
A Dictionary of the Words of Anglo-India
Idioma
Inglés
Autores
Ivor Lewis
Publicado en
1998
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
278
ISBN10
0195642236
ISBN13
9780195642230
Serie
Etiquetas
Descripción
This new dictionary not only presents the known vocabulary of Anglo-India, but also provides the sources, etymologies, and usages of the words of the past 350 years. With an extensive historical introduction and register of references, this complete source offers a lively and scholarlyhistory of previous lexicographical work in this area as well as a socio-linguistic analysis of the growth of Anglo-Indian words and their use in the literature of India.