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What's in a name

What's in a name?

 

Humans are great communicators. We share our experiences and thoughts with others, and when we see something that interests us we want to describe it. But that presents us with a problem because in order to describe an object it must have a name, and it must be a name that others will understand.

 

Michael Allaby, Editor of A Dictionary of Plant Sciences explores the need for a classificatory system and looks at answering the question 'what's in a name?' Read on to find out more.

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May 29, 2013

New titles and a new Feature Article

Six new titles have been added to the Oxford Quick Reference collection in May along with a brand new Feature Article written by Editor Michael Allaby. Visit What's New to find out more.

May 13, 2013

100 years of Indian Film

A Dictionary of Film Studies authors Annette Kuhn and Guy Westwell explore the history of Indian film from its silent era ‘socials’, to the heydays of the 1930s, the money laundering of the 1940s, and the phenomenon of Bollywood. Read on to find out more.

April 25, 2013

Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald

Learn more about the “First Lady of Jazz” Ella Fitzgerald on the 25th April, the day which would have been her 96th birthday.

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