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"This collection of essays is mainly concerned with the large historical, period, and regional dictionaries of the modern period. The formidable scholarship and practicality of Liddell and Scott's ""Greek-English Lexicon"", ""The Oxford English Dictionary"", the ""Dictionary of American Regional English"", the ""Middle English Dictionary"", and the ""Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue"", and other celebrated works, are re-examined and once more evaluated. A preview of the ""Australian National Dictionary"" is provided by its editor. A Russian scholar examines the treatment of homonyms in English dictionaries, and two British scholars consider respectively the treatment of polysemy and of English dialects. A scholar closely connected with the teaching of English to foreigners passes judgement on the effectiveness of learners' dictionaries, and the collection ends with a discussion by a Californian scholar of the way in which words of Romance origin are dealt with in English."

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Author:   R.W. Burchfield
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.405kg
ISBN:  

9780198119456

ISBN 10:   0198119453
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   01 April 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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