TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kay, Christian.
AU  - Kay, Christian.
TI  - Historical thesaurus of the Oxford English dictionary: with additional material from "A Thesaurus of Old English 
SN  - 9780199208999 (case)
AV  - PE 1591 .H629 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - English language
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. Thesaurus -- v. 2. Index
N2  - Known as the first historical thesaurus to include almost the entire vocabulary of English, from Old English to the present day. This historical thesaurus is arranged according to: 1) Thematic organization - words grouped together according to their meaning 2) Chronological order - synonyms ordered according to the first recorded date of the meaning in English 3) Language change - entries trace how expressions for a particular meaning have changed over time 4) Historical usage - discover which words were available at a particular time
ER  -