Title Adventuring in Dictionaries : New Studies in the History of Lexicography

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (402 pages) Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; ABBREVIATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX Summary Adventuring in Dictionaries: New Studies in the History of Lexicography brings together seventeen papers on the making of dictionaries from the sixteenth century to the present day. The first five treat English and French lexicography in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Heberto Fernandez and Monique Cormier discuss the outside matter of French-English bilingual dictionaries; Kusujiro Miyoshi re-assesses the influence of Robert Cawdrey; John Considine uncovers the biography of Henry C .. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-360) and index Notes English Subject Lexicography -- History Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Historical & comparative linguistics. Language: history & general works. Lexicography. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Dictionaries. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary. REFERENCE -- Dictionaries. Encyclopedias and dictionaries Lexicography Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010671712 ISBN 9781443826266 144382626X 9781443825764 144382576X 9781283141963 1283141965 9786613141965 6613141968

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