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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464006403321

Autore

Partridge Eric <1894-1979., >

Titolo

A dictionary of abbreviations : with especial attention to war-time abbreviations / / Eric Partridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-138-91224-7

1-315-69204-X

1-317-43193-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

499.5

499/.5

Soggetti

English language - Jargon

Abbreviations, English

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1942 by George Allen and Unwin Limited.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

<P>First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.M. forces to make their way amid the jungle of wartime abbreviations. The preface notes that newspaper readers, sailors, soldiers and airmen had to thrust themselves, like explorers, into these abbreviations in search of truth, or the execution of their martial duty and hence, a dictionary was necessary. This book will be of interest to scholars of history and language, as well as the more general, interested reader.</P>