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The Antarctic Dictionary

A Complete Guide to Antarctic English

By: Bernadette Hince

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The Antarctic Dictionary

A Complete Guide to Antarctic English

By: Bernadette Hince

The world’s most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language. In the space of a mere century, a remarkable vocabulary has evolved to deal with the extraordinary environment and living organisms of the Antarctic and subantarctic. Here, for the first time, is a complete guide to the origin and definitions of Antarctic words. Like other historical dictionaries, The Antarctic Dictionary gives the reader quotations for each word. These quotations are the life-blood of the dictionary — more than 15 000 quotations from about 1000 different sources give the reader a unique insight into the way the language of Antarctica has evolved. The reader will find out what it means to be slotted, the shortcomings of homers, the joys of a donga and the hazards of a growler. The Antarctic Dictionary has been meticulously researched, and will appeal to all those who have been to the frozen continent or have ever dreamed of going there. It will also appeal to those fascinated by the development of language. With a forward by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

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The Antarctic Dictionary

A Complete Guide to Antarctic English

By: Bernadette Hince

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The Antarctic Dictionary

A Complete Guide to Antarctic English

By: Bernadette Hince

The world's most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language. This comprehensive guide to the origins and definitions of such words as donga and growler, is supported by more than 15,000 quotations drawn from over 1000 sources. A treat for anyone who's ever dreamed of visiting Antarctica.

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Grace Norton [Gethin] and Frances (Freke) Norton

Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part Two, Volume 9

By: Bernadette Andrea

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Grace Norton [Gethin] and Frances (Freke) Norton

Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part Two, Volume 9

By: Bernadette Andrea

This facsimile edition features the intimately related writings of a mother, Lady Frances Norton (1640-1731), and her daughter, Lady Grace Gethin (1676-97). The posthumous publication of Gethin's collection of essays Misery's Virtues Whet-Stone (1699) was sponsored by her mother; subsequently Norton invoked her maternal grief as the grounds for publishing her own essay collection The Applause of Virtue to which is appended Memento Mori: Or, Meditations on Death (1705). These essay collections unconventionally privilege a female perspective on traditional topics such as friendship, love, marriage and death. Accordingly, they hold an intrinsic interest for their gendered point of view, as well as an extrinsic interest for their conditions of production. Norton's final published work, A Miscellany of Poems, Compos'd and work'd with a Needle, on the Backs and Seats &c. Of several Chairs and Stools (1714), further reprises the theme of maternal grief as the justification for women's writing. This extremely rare volume, which has not been listed in the English Short-Title Catalogue until now, is being reissued here for the first time since 1714.

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1351932276

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The Antarctic Dictionary

The Antarctic Dictionary

The Antarctic Dictionary

The Antarctic Dictionary

Grace Norton [Gethin] and Frances (Freke) Norton

Grace Norton [Gethin] and Frances (Freke) Norton

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