A Dictionary of Surnames
A Dictionary of Surnames
Summary
The linguistic development and meaning of 70,000 surnames of European origin are contained in this reference work, which also describes major events in the history of important names. Reference is made to the origins of well-identified families, and famous bearers of some of the surnames concerned.
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A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks
Anybody who has ever wondered about the origin of a family name will find the answer in this new dictionary, which explains the origin and meaning of all the common surnames in the English-speaking world, together with many other rarer English names and foreign names. It also gives information, where possible, about their history and distribution, and about some of the notable people who have borne them. The dictionary is based on extensive study of the literature of surname research in all the major European languages. Specialist consultants for particular areas, including the Celtic languages, Iberian languages, and Jewish names, have provided much information not previously available. This title is also announced in the Oxford General Books catalogue for Autumn 1988.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 | 9780192115928 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192115928 |
| Title | A Dictionary of Surnames |
| Author | Patrick Hanks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1988-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |