If you liked English Historical Semantics by Christian Kay and Kathryn L. Allan, start with A thesaurus of Old English (1995), English Through Pictures, Book 2 (1979), and Thesaurus of Old English, Volume 1 (2000). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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Recommended next reads

  1. 1 A thesaurus of Old English 1995 · 1,591 pages · Jane Roberts, Christian Kay, Lynne Grundy · Same author
  2. 2 English Through Pictures, Book 2 1979 · 64 pages · Christian Kay, Frances Simmonds · Same author
  3. 3 Thesaurus of Old English, Volume 1 2000 · 755 pages · Jane Roberts, Christian Kay, Lynne Grundy · Same author
  4. 4 Categorization in the history of English 2004 · 268 pages · Christian Kay, Jeremy J. Smith · Same author
  5. 5 Colour studies 2014 · 417 pages · Carole Hough, Christian Kay · Same author
  6. 6 Thesaurus of Old English, Volume 2 2000 · 842 pages · Jane Roberts, Christian Kay, Lynne Grundy · Same author
  7. 7 Preliminary English practice tests 1981 · 80 pages · Christian Kay · Same author
  8. 8 Metaphor and metonymy 2008 · Kathryn L. Allan · Same author
  9. 9 Historical thesaurus of the Oxford English dictionary 2009 · 2 pages · Christian Kay · Same author

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What should I read after English Historical Semantics?

BookOrb recommends A thesaurus of Old English (1995), English Through Pictures, Book 2 (1979), Thesaurus of Old English, Volume 1 (2000), Categorization in the history of English (2004), and Colour studies (2014).

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Who wrote English Historical Semantics?

English Historical Semantics is by Christian Kay and Kathryn L. Allan.