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Cover illustration: Title page of Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary, 1676.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McIntosh, Carey, author.
Title: Semantics and cultural change in the British Enlightenment : new words and old / by Carey McIntosh.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Brill’s studies in intellectual history, 09208607 ; 315 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Contents: Introduction—Old Words—New words and the Middle Class—The Enlightenment—Science and the English language—Words, Cultural Change, and History—New Words in the Enlightenment.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020014366 (print) | LCCN 2020014367 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004429093 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004430631 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: English language—Semantics, Historical. | English language—Early modern, 1500–1700—Semantics. | English language—17th century—Semantics. | English language—18th century—Semantics. | English language—New words. | Language and culture—England—History—17th century. | Language and culture—England—History—18th century.
Classification: LCC PE1585 .M375 2020 (print) | LCC PE1585 (ebook) | DDC 420.1/43—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020014366
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020014367
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ISSN 0920-8607
ISBN 978-90-04-42909-3 (hardback)
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