The theory of English lexicography, 1530-1791 / Tetsuro Hayashi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayashi, Tetsurō, 1921-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of linguistics ; Series III, 18.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science : Series 3, Studies in the history of linguistics ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Lexicography--History.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book serves as a welcome addition to the better known English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755, by Starnes & Noyes (new edition published by Benjamins 1991). Whereas Starnes & Noyes describe the history of English lexicography as an evolutionary progress-by-accumulation process, Professor Hayashi focuses on issues of method and theory, starting with John Palsgrave's Lesclarissement de la langue francoyse (1530), to John Walker's A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (1791).

Contents:

THE THEORY OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY1530 - 1791; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; FOREWORD; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1.0 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RENAISSANCE BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY; 2.0 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE THEORY OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY IN THE JACOBEAN PERIOD; 3.0 THE GROWTH OF ETYMOLOGICAL AND ENCYCLOPAEDIC PRINCIPLES IN THE NEOCLASSICAL AGE; 4.0 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THEORY OF COMPILING GENERAL STANDARD DICTIONARIES IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 5.0 ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY ON ORTHOEPIC PRINCIPLES IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 6.0 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Notes:

A revision of the author's thesis, Kyushu University.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31443-6

9786613314437

90-272-8131-9

OCLC:

756484661