The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names

The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names
Author: David Pickering
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2005-08-25
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0141916397

What's in a name? Rather more than you might at first suspect, for names are steeped in history and myth and have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names takes a close look at 3500 names, explaining origins and meanings, showing how some have changed in popularity and use over time and providing all the diminutive and variant forms. Part of Penguin's major new series of reference titles ranging from Spanish and French dictionaries to books on spelling and quotations.

Words and Their Meaning

Words and Their Meaning
Author: Howard Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317887565

In this book, the development of the English dictionary is examined, along with the kinds of dictionary available, the range of information they contain, factors affecting their usage, and public attitudes towards them. As well as an descriptive analysis of word meaning, the author considers whether a thematic, thesaurus-like presentation might be more suited than the traditional alphabetical format to the description of words and their meaning.

Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road

Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road
Author: Jacqueline H. Fewkes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2008-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135973083

This book provides an ethno-historical study of the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepĂ´t for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia. Previously a part of global networks, Ladakh became an isolated border area as national boundaries were defined and enforced in the mid-20th century. As trade with Central Asia ended, social life in Ladakh was irrevocably altered. The author's research combines anthropological, historical, and archaeological methods of investigation, using data from primary documents, ethnographic interviews and participation-observation fieldwork. The result is a cultural history of South and Central Asia, detailing the social lives of historical Ladakhi traders and identifying their community as a cosmopolitan social group. The relationship between the historical narratives and the modern ethnographic context illustrates how social issues in modern communities are related to those of the past. It is demonstrated that this relationship depends on both memories, narratives about the past constructed within present social contexts, and legacies, ways in which the past continues to shape present social interactions. This book will be of particular interest to anthropologists, historians and specialists in South and Central Asian studies, as well as those interested in historical archaeology, science, sociology, political science and economics.