Terms of endearment enjoy great popularity in all languages to express feelings such as affection and tenderness. The present paper concentrates on the use of these types of words in English. The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (henceforth the HTOED) serves as a valuable tool to identify the plethora of terms of endearment which became established in English over the centuries.

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英语中的爱称：牛津英语词典在线历史词库中的 Affection 和 Tenderness

爱称在所有语言中都非常流行，用来表达感情，如亲情和温柔。本文主要关注这些类型的单词在英语中的使用。牛津英语词典的历史叙词表（以下简称 HTOED）是一个有价值的工具，可以识别几个世纪以来在英语中建立起来的大量亲切术语。