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Dictionaries : a very short introduction / Lynda Mugglestone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mugglestone, Lynda, author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Lexicography.
- English language.
- English language--Etymology.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Language and languages--Etymology--Lexicography.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 140 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. Lynda Mugglestone takes a look at how dictionaries are made, considering how they reflect the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Copyright Page
- Very Short Introduction
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of illustrations
- 1 Identity
- 2 History
- 3 Craft
- 4 Authority
- 5 Truth
- 6 Last words
- References and further reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-161774-1
- OCLC:
- 772844490
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