Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs , a dictionary of the Words of Anglo-India: English 1991
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ISBN:
053276
Publisher:
Oxford university press
Age Group:
Adult
Pages:
268
Weight:
655 g
Dimensions:
19 x 22 x 2.48 cm
Book Cover:
Hard Cover
This new dictionary not only presents the known vocabulary of Anglo-India, but also provides the sources, etymologies, and usages of the words of the past 350 years. With an extensive historical introduction and register of references, this complete source offers a lively and scholarly history of previous lexicographical work in this area as well as a socio-linguistic analysis of the growth of Anglo-Indian words and their use in the literature of India.
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