A Concise Dictionary of First Names
A Concise Dictionary of First Names
Summary
A guide to English first names which reflects a full range, from the names used before the Norman Conquest (Alfred, Edward), to European names established in the English language (Sheila, Ingrid, Anita), to unisex names (Ashley, Jordan) and surnames now used as first names (Carter, Paige).
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A Concise Dictionary of First Names by Patrick Hanks
The authors have spanned the birth announcements from Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia as part of their names research. This book reflects the full range of first names, from those used before the Norman Conquest to the latest popular names such as Brittany, Chelsea and Kyle. Unisex names are covered, and so are surnames now popular as first names such as Taylor.Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is Professor in Lexicography at the Research Inst. of Information and Language Processing (RIILP) at the University of Wolverhampton, England. He has recently published: Lexical Analysis: Norms and Exploitations. MIT Press, 2013. He is also visiting professor and lead researcher on a project researching the origins, history, and geographical distribution of family names in the UK ('FaNUK'), at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics in the University of the West of England. P. Hanks worked for Oxford University Press as chief editor of current English dictionaries (1990-2000). He was managing editor of the first edition of the Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary (1987) and of Collins English Dictionary (1979). He holds a BA and MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford, UK, and a PhD in Informatics from Masaryk University, Brno, CZ. In 1988-90, he was a visiting scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he worked with Ken Church on statistical methods for corpus analysis of phraseology and meaning.
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver (born 15 September 1971) is a professor of African linguistics in the department of languages and cultures at Ghent University, where he is active within the KongoKing research project, and he is an extraordinary professor in the department of African languages at the University of Pretoria. He holds an MSc in microelectronic engineering (1995), as well as an MA (1999) and PhD (2005) in African languages and cultures. In 2002 he co-founded TshwaneDJe HLT -- makers of the leading dictionary application TLex, and in 2006 he was a founding member of African Language Technology. He is a past board member and two-term past President of Afrilex (2001-2013), and served on the boards of Euralex (2006-2014), Asialex (2007-2013) and Australex (2008-2013).
From 2006 to 2012 he also held an extraordinary professorship at the University of the Western Cape.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198661900 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198661908 |
| Title | A Concise Dictionary of First Names |
| Author | Patrick Hanks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 251 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |