English author dictionaries (the XVIth - the XXIst cc.) / by Olga Karpova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karpova, O. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Dictionaries.

English literature.

Authors, English--Dictionaries--History and criticism.

Authors, English.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

English language--Lexicography.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is devoted to the description of typical trends in development, formation and the present state of English Author Lexicography, the roots of which go back to concordances to the Bible and glossaries of the complete works of Chaucer (xvi c.). Part I, "Linguistic Dictionaries to English Writers," presents lexicographic analysis of old and new concordances, indices, glossaries and lexicons of famous English writers with special reference to Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and Dickens. It...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CONCORDANCES AND INDICES; AUTHOR GLOSSARIES AND LEXICONS; LINGUISTIC AUTHOR DICTIONARIES IN INTERNET; PART II; AUTHOR ENCYCLOPEDIAS, GUIDES AND COMPANIONS; DICTIONARIES OF CHARACTERSAND PLACE NAMES; DICTIONARIES OF QUOTATIONS AND PROVERBS; ENCYCLOPEDIC REFERENCE TO ENGLISH WRITERS IN INTERNET; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; DICTIONARIES CITED; OTHER REFERENCES; PUBLICATIONS BY OLGA KARPOVA; INDEX OF DICTIONARIES TO THE ENGLISH; APPENDIX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-14263-5

9786613142634

1-4438-2821-1

OCLC:

823720711