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Words and dictionaries from the British Isles in historical perspective / edited by John Considine and Giovanni Iamartino.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Lexicography--History.
- English language.
- Lexicography--Great Britain--History.
- Lexicography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Words and dictionaries from the British Isles in historical perspective brings together a wide range of current work on English-language lexicography and lexicology by a team of twelve contributors working in England, continental Europe, and North America. Fredric Dolezal's opening essay offers a provocative discussion of how the history of English lexicography has been, and might in the future be, written. The next four papers deal with the medieval and early modern periods: Carter Hailey i...
- 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; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-215) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19097-0
- 9786612190971
- 1-4438-0721-4
- OCLC:
- 827209235
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