An Historical Dictionary of German Figurative Usage
Book Details
Author(s)Keith Spalding
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN0631201858
ISBN-139780631201854
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MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Fascicles of this work have been appearing since 1952. They are now being reissued in six bound volumes. The work presents information about German figurative speech and its history in dictionary form. It covers phrases, proverbs and quotations found in German literature from 1750 onwards.




