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OverviewWhat goes into our dictionaries and why? This collection of essays shows how dictionaries today have grown from the small beginnings of English lexicography in Shakespeare's time, and how we are still confronted by difficulties which beset the early compilers. The relationship of bilingual and monolingual dictionaries is a recurring theme, and separate studies are devoted to the problems of dialect words, spelling, the figurative use of language, phrasal verbs, the literary language, common words, archaism and alphabetization. The book includes critical assessments of the great historical dictionaries of Europe, including the OED. Full Product DetailsAuthor: N.E. OsseltonPublisher: University of Exeter Press Imprint: University of Exeter Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.424kg ISBN: 9780859894197ISBN 10: 0859894193 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 01 August 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Preface and Acknowledgements 1. The Character of the Earliest English Dictionaries 2. Figurative Words: Modern Practice and the Origins of a Labelling Tradition 3. Common Words: John Kersey and the First General Dictionary of English 4. Dialect Words in General Dictionaries 5. Old Words: Defining Obsolescence 6. Literary Words: Blount's Glossographia and Sir Thomas Browne 7. Setting up a New Bilingual Vernacular Dictionary: Henry Hexham (1647) 8. Style Markers: Early Bilingual Dictionaries and English Usage 9. Fixing the Spelling: Errour and Honor in Johnson and Bailey 10. Phrasal Verbs: Dr Johnson's Use of Bilingual Sources 11. A Dictionary Compiler at Work in the Sixteenth Century 12. Alphabetization in Early Dictionaries of English 13. An Eighteenth-Century Bilingualized Learners' Dictionary 14. Secondary Documentation in Historical Lexicography 15. Dictionary Criticism: Three Historical Dictionaries 16. Bilingual Dictionaries with Dutch: a Case Study in European Lexicography Bibliography IndexReviewsA remarkable aspect of this book is the way in which it displays the growth and development of lexicography as an academic industry and a fully-fledged discipline within the field of linguistics. Chosen Words has to be regarded as a fine example of academic Lexicography. However, this book can and should be appreciated by a much wider audience than practising and theoretical lexicographers. Any person interested in historical linguistics will benefit from this work. This book will also appeal to a more popular audience. Dictionaries are the most important containers of linguistic information utilised by ordinary language users. Chosen Words will be a stimulating experience on their reading list. -LEXIKOS Author InformationN.E. Osselton has divided his academic career equally between universities in Holland (Groningen, Leiden) and England (Southampton, Newcastle); he has held chairs of English Language in both countries. He was a founder member (and later President) of the European Association for Lexicography and now lives in retirement in Durham. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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