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02670cam a2200361 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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14708882 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20210518095851.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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070124s2008 enk b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2007002816 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780415430845 (pbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0415430844 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
423.13 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| Item number |
W.P.C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wilkinson, P. R. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Peter Richard), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1926- |
| Relator term |
author |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Thesaurus of traditional English metaphor">Thesaurus of traditional English metaphor</a> |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The concise thesaurus of traditional English metaphors / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
P.R. Wilkinson. |
| 264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London ; |
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New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 370 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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rdacontent |
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text |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Source |
rdamedia |
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unmediated |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Thesaurus of traditional English metaphor, 2002. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Part 1: The Human World 1. Human Relationships 2. Communications 3. The Body, Body-care 4. Illness and Death 5. The Home, Calendar and Clocks 6. Housework 7. Food and Drink and its Preparation 8. Clothing 9. Work, Tools, Slavery 10. Poverty 11. Riches, Trade, Markets, Shopping 12. Town Life, Parks and Gardens 13. Farming, Farm-work 14. Crafts & Skills, Industry, Machinery, Milling 15. The Imaginative, Spiritual and Intellectual Life 16. The Arts 17. Sports, Games and Entertainment 18. Travel 19. Beggars, Tramps 20. Criminals, the Law 21. Naval, Military, Royalist and Political Matters Part 2: Nature and the Animal World 22. Skies, Landscapes 23. Woods 24. Wild Flora 25. Land Creatures 26. Water Creatures 27. Birds 28. Reptiles and Amphibians 29. Insects<br/> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
<br/>This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset, Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lancashire, but has also included a range of sayings from North America, Australia, Scotland and other English speaking countries. With revised contents and an improved index to make individual |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Idioms |
| Form subdivision |
Dictionaries. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15708 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Synonyms and antonyms. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15823 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Figures of speech |
| Form subdivision |
Dictionaries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Metaphor |
| Form subdivision |
Dictionaries. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents only |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007002816.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007002816.html</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |