Sixteenth-century English dictionaries / John Considine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Considine, John (John P.), author.

Series:

Considine, John (John P.). Dictionaries in the English-speaking world, 1500-1800.

Dictionaries in the English-speaking world, 1500-1800

Oxford scholarship online

Oxford scholarship online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicography--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Lexicographers--England--History--16th century.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This is the first of three volumes offering a new history of lexicography in and beyond the early modern British Isles. This volume focuses on the period from the end of the Middle Ages to the year 1600, exploring the first printed dictionaries, Latin and foreign language dictionaries, and specialized English wordlists.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 8, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2022.

Other Format:

Print version: Considine, John Sixteenth-Century English Dictionaries

ISBN:

9780192568298

9780191870934