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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, Pembroke College, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.10cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 17.40cm Weight: 0.126kg ISBN: 9780199573790ISBN 10: 0199573794 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 18 August 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 1: Identity 2: History 3: Craft 4: Authority 5: Truth 6: Last wordsReviews[A]n incisive and fascinating tour of the history, practices, and philosophical framework of lexicography. --Peter Norman, author of <em>Emberton</em> [A]n incisive and fascinating tour of the history, practices, and philosophical framework of lexicography. --Peter Norman, author of Emberton Author InformationLynda Mugglestone has written widely on a range of aspects of language, culture, and the history of dictionaries. While two books Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the OED Environmental economics ography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest (OUP, 2001; 2003) have focussed on the Oxford English Dictionary, a range of articles and chapters in other books have examined the history of lexicography outside this period, as well as the complex issues generated by taboo labelling, or the art of definition. Professor Mugglestone has also edited the Oxford History of English. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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