Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Mpiranya, Fidele, English-Swahili Swahili-English Immersive Dictionary. 604 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <699-8>
ISBN 978-1-03-227373-0 hard ¥32,747.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-227374-7 paper ¥9,065.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

English-Swahili Swahili-English Immersive Dictionary is a comprehensive presentation of Swahili usual lexicon, organized in an English-Swahili section and a Swahili-English section. In both sections, entries are presented in clusters, based on the connections between the words of the target language (Swahili) in terms of meaning or origin. This meaning-driven presentation allows target language terms that are relatively similar in meaning, and therefore easily confused, as well as terms derived from the same base, to appear together in parallel contrastive lines. This creates an immersion effect that is particularly stimulating for language learning, since the user gets the opportunity to discover the words of the learned language group-by-group, rather than one-by-one, and is constantly reminded of subtle differences between different terms. It will help the learner master the vocabulary at a faster pace and with a better understanding of the rules that shape the lexicon of the target language. In addition, the introduction to the dictionary presents key grammatical points of Swahili that will help the reader make a productive use of information provided in the body of the dictionary. Additional grammatical information about the target language words such as the agreement pattern, the register of speech, or the level of use, is also provided in both sections to make it immediately accessible to the non-native user. The book is ideal for English-speaking learners of Swahili.

イギリス英語頻語辞典
Brezina, Vaclav / Gablasova, Dana, A Frequency Dictionary of British English: Core Vocabulary and Exercises for Learners. (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries) 256 pp. 2023:9 (Routledge, UK) <699-7>
ISBN 978-1-03-227271-9 hard ¥32,747.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-227269-6 paper ¥8,813.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

A Frequency Dictionary of British English provides information about the frequency and distribution of words in British English.The dictionary presents rich information about word frequencies and distributions in an accessible manner. In addition to textual and numerical information, the dictionary offers a range of visualisations to help understand the statistical properties of words. These visualisations are especially important for pedagogical uses of the book. This book also includes vocabulary exercises for learners of English to activate their vocabulary with the help of the dictionary. The dictionary is based on extensive research on current British English using the British National Corpus 2014, a 100-million-word corpus of contemporary British English developed at Lancaster University. The corpus represents a wide range of genres/registers of spoken and written English, including informal speech, fiction, newspapers, academic writing and e-language. Additional support materials for this book are available at https://lancslex.lancs.ac.uk This dictionary is designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of users interested in current British English vocabulary including students, educators, journalists, material developers and researchers.

Boeschoten, Hendrik, A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic. (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1: The Near and Middle East 169) 596 pp. 2022:12 (Brill, NE) <698-4>
ISBN 978-90-04-52518-4 hard ¥30,646.- (税込) EUR 140.00

In A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic Hendrik Boeschoten describes the lexical material contained in works written in different varieties of Eastern Turkic in and around the fourteenth century, e.g. before the classical age of Chaghatay Turkic; late Karakhanid, Khwarezmian Turkic, Golden Horde Turkic, Mamluk Turkic, and early Azeri. As the existing, previously published dictionaries are now antiquated and hardly cover this period (most relevant works were not yet known at their time of writing), A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic is a most welcome addition to the field.

Tan, Mei Ah, A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese. 280 pp. 2023:2 (Routledge, UK) <687-1245>
ISBN 978-1-03-238868-7 hard ¥30,228.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-238867-0 paper ¥9,317.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Ancient graphs provided to illustrate early meanings and extended meaningsReconstructed sounds given to illustrate the basis for borrowed meanings Parts of speech and syntactic components illustrated for each usageDetailed explanations of special usage and pronunciationContextual examples to illustrate usage and show connections to contemporary culture

Liberman, Anatoly, Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms. 328 pp. 2023:1 (U. Minnesota Pr., US) <679-2>
ISBN 978-1-5179-1412-7 paper ¥4,568.- (税込) US$ 22.95 *

Three centuries of English idioms-their unusual origins and unexpected interpretationsTo pay through the nose. Raining cats and dogs. By hook or by crook. Curry favor. Drink like a fish. Eat crow. We hear such phrases every day, but this book is the first truly all-encompassing etymological guide to both their meanings and origins. Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of word origins, Anatoly Liberman explains more than one thousand idioms, both popular and obscure, occurring in both American and British standard English and including many regional expressions.The origins, and even the precise meaning, of most idioms are often obscure and lost in history. Based on a critical analysis of countless conjectures, with exact, in-depth references (rare in the literature on the subject), Take My Word for It provides not only a large corpus of idiomatic phrases but also a vast bibliography. Detailed indexes and a thesaurus make the content accessible at a glance, and Liberman's introduction and conclusion add historical dimensions. The result of decades of research by a leading authority, this book is both instructive and absorbing for scholars and general readers, who won't find another resource as comparable in scope or based on data even remotely as exhaustive.

アッカド語辞典の補遺　第3巻：G, K, Q
Streck, Michael P. / Wende, Janine, Supplement to the Akkadian Dictionaries: Vol. 3: G, K, Q. With the collaboration of Bert Kouwenberg, Nadezda Rudik, Jonas Kloeker and Frank Simons. (Leipziger Altorientalistische Studien 7,3) 210 S. 2022 (O. Harrassowitz, GW) <676-6>
ISBN 978-3-447-11027-3 paper ¥8,712.- (税込) EUR 39.80 *

The Akkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian) lexicon is currently accessible via two reference dictionaries, Wofram von Soden’s Akkadisches Handwoerterbuch (1958?1981) and The Assyrian Dictionary of the University of Chicago (1956?2010). However, due to a large number of new cuneiform texts published during the last decades, both dictionaries are outdated in part, especially in their earlier volumes. The Supplement to the Akkadian Dictionaries (SAD), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, is meant to update both dictionaries. Without any claim to be comprehensive, SAD evaluates a strictly defined text corpus and a lim-ited amount of secondary literature. SAD pays particular attention to new words, new verbal stems, and references which expand the distribution of a word or help to define its meaning, form or etymology. SAD volume G, K, Q contains ca.?1000 lemmata, among them almost 200 new words.

ドイツ語反義語辞典　第2版
Mueller, Wolfgang / Ebner, Jakob, Das Gegenwort-Woerterbuch: Ein Kontrastwoerterbuch mit Gebrauchshinweisen. 2., neu bearb. u. erw. Aufl. 900 S. 2022 (de Gruyter, GW) <676-5>
ISBN 978-3-11-061166-3 paper ¥9,182.- (税込) EUR 41.95 *

Nuebling, Damaris / Kunze, Konrad, Kleiner deutscher Familiennamenatlas: Entstehung, Verbreitung und Bedeutung der Familiennamen. 800 S. 2022:10 (de Gruyter, GW) <676-12>
ISBN 978-3-11-018626-0 paper ¥10,934.- (税込) EUR 49.95 *

Nach dem Erscheinen des siebenbaendigen "Deutschen Familiennamenatlas", fasst dieser Band zum einen die wichtigsten und interessantesten Ergebnisse allgemeinverstaendlich zusammen und illustriert sie mit zahlreichen farbigen Namenkarten. Zum anderen liefert er zahlreiche neue Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung zu Familiennamen. Das Grundlagenwerk skizziert die Entstehung und Entwicklung der Familiennamen in Deutschland einschliesslich eingewanderter Namen (z.B. Hugenottennamen), an denen sich historische Migration ablesen laesst. Gegenstand sind auch sprachhistorische, grammatische und dialektale Aspekte: Wo werden Familiennamen dem Vornamen vorangestellt (der Hofreiter Anton), wo feminisiert (die Hofreiterin)? Ausfuehrlich werden die fuenf Motivgruppen vorgestellt und illustriert: Familiennamen aus Berufsbezeichnungen (Stoiber), aus Vornamen (Merkel zu Markward), aus Uebernamen (Stroebele), nach Wohnstaetten (Steger) und nach Herkunft (Hesse). Ergaenzt wird der Band durch sieben Kapitel zu regionalen Namenprofilen, also zu typisch nieder-, mittel und oberdeutschen Familiennamen. Dieser Band bildet das modernste Grundlagenwerk zu unseren Familiennamen und adressiert sowohl Fachleute als auch die interessierte Oeffentlichkeit.

古典中国語・中世中国語辞典　第3版
Kroll, Paul W., A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese. 3rd ed. Newly Rev. & Expanded. 732 pp. 2022:3 (Brill, NE) <674-15>
ISBN 978-90-04-49939-3 paper ¥11,820.- (税込) EUR 54.00

A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese is the long-desired Chinese - English reference work for all those reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty, and beyond. Comprising 8,000+ characters, arranged alphabetically by Pinyin, with an index by "radical" and stroke- count , and various appendices, including one with reign-eras and exact accession dates of emperors according to both Chinese and Western calendars.

和独大辞典　第3巻：O-Z
Stalph, Juergen / Hijiya-Kirschnereit, I. u. a. (Hrsg.), Grosses japanisch-deutsches Woerterbuch. Bd. 3: O - Z. 2510 S. 2022:3 (Iudicium, GW) <100-5839>
ISBN 978-3-86205-421-3 hard ¥60,854.- (税込) EUR 278.00

シュメール語辞典
Cohen, Mark, A Sumerian Dictionary. 1560 pp. 2022:4 (Eisenbrauns, US) <672-3>
ISBN 978-1-64602-196-3 hard ¥39,809.- (税込) US$ 199.95 *
ISBN 978-1-64602-198-7 paper ¥12,930.- (税込) US$ 64.95 *

Sumerian was the first language to be put into writing (ca. 3200-3100 BCE), and it is the language for which the cuneiform script was originally developed. Even after it was supplanted by Akkadian as the primary spoken language in ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerian continued to be used as a scholarly written language until the end of the first millennium BCE. This volume presents the first comprehensive English-language scholarly lexicon of Sumerian.This dictionary covers all the nuances of meaning for Sumerian terms found in historical inscriptions and literary, administrative, and lexical texts dating from about 2500 BCE to the first century BCE. The entries are organized by transcription and are accompanied by the transliteration and translation of passages in which the term occurs and, where relevant, a discussion of the word's treatment in other publications. Main entries bring together all the parts of speech and compound forms for the Sumerian term and present each part of speech individually. All possible Akkadian equivalents and variant syllabic renderings are listed for lexical attestations of a word, and a meaningful sample of occurrences is given for literary and economic passages. Entries of homonyms with different orthographies and unrelated words with the same orthography are grouped together, each being assigned a unique identifier, and the dictionary treats the phoneme /dr/ as a separate consonant.Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, An Annotated Sumerian Dictionary is an essential reference for Sumerologists and Assyriologists and a practical help to students of ancient cultures.

中高ドイツ語小辞典　第7版
Hennig, Beate, Kleines mittelhochdeutsches Woerterbuch. 7., durch. Aufl. (De Gruyter Studium) 500 S. 2022:6 (de Gruyter, GW) <671-9>
ISBN 978-3-11-076913-5 paper ¥4,367.- (税込) EUR 19.95 *

Mit dem Kleinen Mittelhochdeutschen Woerterbuch liegt zum ersten Mal seit dem Erscheinen von Matthias Lexers Taschenwoerterbuch im Jahre 1879 ein neues Nachschlagewerk fuer mittelhochdeutsche Texte vor. Es ist als Hilfsmittel fuer alle konzipiert, die mittelhochdeutsche Texte lesen und verstehen wollen ? in erster Linie fuer Studierende der Aelteren Germanistik, aber auch fuer Wissenschaftler, die einen ersten schnellen Zugriff auf die Bedeutung eines mittelhochdeutschen Wortes suchen. Da das Woerterbuch Informationen ueber einen epochen- und gattungsuebergreifenden Wortschatz erschliessen soll, sind Texte aus dem Zeitraum 1070?1450 beruecksichtigt. Der dargestellte Wortschatz wird eingegrenzt auf Texte, die fuer den akademischen Unterricht relevant sind. Eine Korpus-Bibliographie macht das Auswahlprinzip transparent. Dem Benutzerzweck entsprechend ist das neue Woerterbuch als Bedeutungswoerterbuch angelegt, das auf Umschreibungen verzichtet. Die neuhochdeutschen Synonyme basieren auf einer Ueberpruefung aller Belege im Kontext der Quellengrundlage. Sie ermoeglichen das Verstaendnis jeder im Korpus belegten Textstelle und sind in einer woertlichen Uebersetzung verwendbar, ohne einer individuellen Interpretation vorzugreifen. Als Hilfsmittel zur Rezeption von Texten stellt das Woerterbuch Lautstand, Genus, Flexion und Syntax nicht nach normativen Kriterien, sondern grundsaetzlich deskriptiv den Textbelegen folgend dar. Angaben zur Valenz der Verben ermoeglichen eine leichtere Zuordnung des mittelhochdeutschen Worts zu seiner neuhochdeutschen Entsprechung.

Pantelia, Maria C., Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A Bibliographic Guide to the Canon of Greek Authors and Works. 1000 pp. 2022:4 (U. California Pr., US) <671-10>
ISBN 978-0-520-38819-2 hard ¥39,820.- (税込) US$ 200.00 *

The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A Bibliographic Guide to the Canon of Greek Authors and Works (TLG (R)) is a comprehensive catalog of the authors and works that have survived in Greek from antiquity (eighth century BCE) to the present era and have been collected and digitized by the TLG (R) in its fifty-year history. It provides biographical information about each author, such as dates, place of birth, and literary activity, as well as a list of their extant works and print publications. This volume encompasses more than 4,400 authors and 17,000 individual works. It offers a concise and authoritative literary history of Greek literature and is an indispensable reference source for its study.

Kogan, Leonid / Krebernik, Manfred (eds.), Etymological Dictionary of Akkadian. Volume 1: Roots beginning with P and B. 2 Bde. 1000 S. 2020:5 (de Gruyter, GW) <668-2>
ISBN 978-1-61451-305-6 hard ¥38,296.- (税込) EUR 174.95 *

In spite of the immense progress of Akkadian and Semitic linguistics in recent decades, no systematic diachronic treatment of the the Akkadian vocabulary has been carried out. The Akkadian vocabulary itself has been relatively well disclosed in two major dictionaries, but the Akkadian language has not been been sufficiently studied and analysed as a linguistic reservoir. The Etymological Dictionary of Akkadian presents a comparative and historical analysis of the entire Akkadian vocabulary in a systematic and comprehensive manner. Akkadian is the oldest transmitted Semitic language (from ca. 2600 BCE till the end of the first millennium BCE) and with an extant textual corpus of ca. 10 million words it is one of the best documented languages of the ancient world, comparable to the Latin record until the 3rd century CE. Akkadian was the main language of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires and the lingua franca of the ancient Near East used, for example, by the Hittites and Egyptians in international correspondence. The Akkadian language is therefore crucial in reconstructing early Semitic historical grammar, and, due to its central role in a vast geographical and culturally diverse are over a long period of time, Akkadian is unequivocally important as the origin, receptor, and transmitter of both Semitic and non-Semitic loan and foreign words whose traces can, for example, be found in modern languages.

イディッシュ語・英語辞典　第2版
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl / Glasser, Paul (eds.), Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary: Revised and Expanded. 2nd ed. 864 pp. 2021:9 (Indiana U. Pr., US) <666-8>
ISBN 978-0-253-05884-3 hard ¥6,968.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

This second edition of the award-winning Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary offers even more entries for anyone working with Yiddish on a personal or professional level.Based on the work of the late Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter, a noted linguist and Executive Director of the League for Yiddish, the dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world.Featuring 85,000 entries, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded with approximately 1000 new words and phrases and is sure to become a critical resource for Yiddish scholars and speakers for years to come.

Members of the Erakor Community / Thieberger, Nicholas, A Dictionary of Nafsan, South Efate, Vanuatu: Mpet Nafsan ni Erakor. (Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications) 308 pp. 2021:9 (U. Hawai'i Pr., US) <664-4736>
ISBN 978-0-8248-9014-8 hard ¥15,928.- (税込) US$ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-0-8248-9054-4 paper ¥7,964.- (税込) US$ 40.00 *

This is a dictionary of Nafsan, the language spoken in Vanuatu in the south of Efate Island in the villages of Erakor, Pango, and Eratap. Nafsan is one of 130 distinct languages spoken in Vanuatu. Over several decades, linguist Nicholas Thieberger worked in close collaboration with the Erakor community to record this unique language and to refine its written presentation. The resulting publication offers insight into the diversity of meanings available to speakers of Nafsan, providing some 3,400 senses for Nafsan words and an English-Nafsan finderlist. In addition, the book gives an overview of the Nafsan sound system, provides a list of existing literature on the language dating back to early missionary translations, and includes maps of Efate locating nearly 200 place names. Readers will also find South Efate cultural knowledge embedded in the explanations of the Nafsan words and their usages. A welcome companion to Thieberger's A Grammar of South Efate (2006), this book complements and significantly augments other multimedia resources made available online by the author.

Cresswell, Julia, Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins. 3rd ed. (Oxford Quick Reference) 544 pp. 2021:7 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <661-P3>
ISBN 978-0-19-886875-0 paper ¥3,019.- (税込) GB￡ 11.99 *

Newly updated to incorporate recent additions to the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins provides a fascinating exploration of the origins and development of over 3,000 words in the English language. Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research programme and language monitoring it brings to light the intriguing and often unusual stories of some of our most used words and phrases. The A-Z entries include the first known use of the term along with examples, related lexes, and expressions which uncover the etymological composition of each word. Also featured are 22 special panels that give overviews of broad topic areas, 5 of which are completely new and that variously cover words from Oceania, word blends, eponyms, and acronyms. New findings in the OED since the previous edition have also been added, including emoji, mansplain, meeple, meme, and spam. An absorbing resource for language students and enthusiasts, but also an intriguing read for any person interested in the development of the English language, and of language development in general. It also includes an extended introduction on the history of the English language.

ギリシア語辞典　全2巻
Diggle, James (ed.-in-chief), The Cambridge Greek Lexicon. 2 vols. 1000 pp. 2021:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <660-P34>
ISBN 978-0-521-82680-8 hard ¥17,125.- (税込) GB￡ 67.99 *

中央・東アフリカにおけるアラビア語の借用語辞典
Baldi, Sergio, Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa. (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1: The Near and Middle East 145) 2020:12 (Brill, NE) <660-P33>
ISBN 978-90-04-43847-7 hard ¥33,491.- (税込) EUR 153.00

Following the publication in 2008 of Dictionnaire des emprunts arabes dans les langues de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et en Swahili, Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa completes and offers the results of over 20 years of research on Arabic loanwords. The volume reveals the impact Arabic has had on African languages far beyond the area of its direct influence. As in the previous volume, the author analyses the loans in the greatest possible number of languages spoken in the area, based on the publications he found in the most important libraries of the main universities and academic institutions specialised in the field. By suggesting the most frequently used Arabic loanwords, the dictionary will be an invaluable guide to African-language lexicon compilers, amongst others.

言語事典
McIntyre, Dan / Jeffries, Lesley / Evans, Matt et al., The Babel Lexicon of Language. 200 pp. 2021:11 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <659-P9074>
ISBN 978-1-108-84045-3 hard ¥17,629.- (税込) GB￡ 69.99
ISBN 978-1-108-81408-9 paper ¥5,034.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

What's the word that describes the process of making supportive noises when you're listening to someone? What is syntax and how does it differ from grammar? Do you know what a morpheme is? And did you know that it's not only an atom that has a nucleus? The Babel Lexicon of Language is an entertaining and accessible introduction to the key terminology involved in the study of language. It defines over 500 terms and uses contemporary language examples, explaining complex issues in an easy-to-understand way. Written by the expert editorial team behind Babel, the popular language magazine, and assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, The Babel Lexicon of Language is an invaluable resource for students, teachers and anyone with an interest in language.