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Paperback British Synonymy: Or, an Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation, Volumes 1-2 Book

ISBN: 1022862480

ISBN13: 9781022862487

British Synonymy: Or, an Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation, Volumes 1-2

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This book is a pioneering study of synonymy, the phenomenon of having multiple words or expressions that convey the same or similar meanings. The author, Hester Lynch Piozzi, was a writer and patron of arts who published this work in 1794 as a contribution to the linguistic and cultural debates of her time. The book contains thousands of examples of synonyms and antonyms drawn from English literature and conversation, along with witty remarks,...

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