Each of the more than seven hundred entries in the dictionary
contains a description of the historical background of each of the
two types of language, literal and nonliteral, and provides an
explanation for the relationship between them. Wherever possible,
dates of first record in English are provided, along with the
bibliographical sources of these dates; and all of the works that
record those terms and expressions are given in coded form as
listed in the Key to Works Cited.
A Guide to Reading the Entries illustrates the typical form of
an entry by analyzing an example from the dictionary that
introduces five nonliteral expressions, cites thirteen
bibliographical sources, and refers the reader to three other
relevant entries by means of cross-references. Following the
dictionary proper is a Classification of Terms According to Source,
in which nearly three hundred nonliteral terms and expressions are
listed under the more than four hundred literal categories from
which they derive.
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