04829nam 2200601Ia 450 991081468940332120200520144314.01-282-05320-597866120532070-19-155807-9(CKB)1000000000755790(EBL)430759(OCoLC)320911538(SSID)ssj0000341216(PQKBManifestationID)12105594(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341216(PQKBWorkID)10390629(PQKB)10181165(MiAaPQ)EBC430759(EXLCZ)99100000000075579020080521d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Oxford history of English lexicographyVolume 1General purpose dictionaries /edited by A.P. Cowie1st ed.Oxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (1057 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-928562-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Volume I; Contents; Preface; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; PART I: EARLY GLOSSARIES; BILINGUAL AND MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARIES; 2. Glosses, Glossaries, and Dictionaries in the Medieval Period; 3. Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries of the Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century; 4. Bilingual Dictionaries of the Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; 5. Bilingual Dictionaries of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 6. Bilingual Dictionaries of English and Russian in the Eighteenth to the Twentieth CenturiesPART II: THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARIES7. The Early Development of the English Monolingual Dictionary (Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries); 8. Johnson and Richardson; 9. Major American Dictionaries; 10. The Oxford English Dictionary; 11. The OED Supplements; 12. National and Regional Dictionaries of English; 13. Dictionaries of Scots; 14. The Period Dictionaries; 15. Dictionaries of Caribbean English; 16. The Electronic OED: the Computerization of a Historical Dictionary; References; Dictionaries and related reference works; Other references; Index; A; B; C; D; E; FHK; M; O; P; R; S; U; Y; Z; Volume II; Contents of Volume II; Contents; Preface; Contents of Volume I; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: DICTIONARIES SPECIALIZED ACCORDING TO ORDERING OF ENTRIES, TOPICAL OR LINGUISTIC CONTENT, OR SPEECH COMMUNITY; 1. Dictionaries of Synonyms and Thesauri; 2. Scientific and Technical Dictionaries; 3. Dictionaries of Place-names; 4. Dictionaries of Personal Names; 5. Pronouncing Dictionaries-I Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries6. Pronouncing Dictionaries-II Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present Day7. Syntagmatic and Phraseological Dictionaries; 8. Dictionaries of Quotations; 9. English Etymological Dictionaries; 10. Dialect Dictionaries; 11. Slang and Cant Dictionaries; PART II: DICTIONARIES SPECIALIZED ACCORDING TO USES AND USERS; 12. Dictionaries of Usage; 13. The American Collegiate Dictionaries; 14. The Earliest Foreign Learners' Dictionaries; 15. Linguistic Research and Learners' Dictionaries: the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English; 16. The Cobuild Project; 17. Dictionaries in Electronic FormReferencesDictionaries and related reference works; Other references; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; K; M; O; P; R; S; U; ZThe fullest account ever published of the lexicography of English describes its history from medieval glosses to a high-tech industry and covers English in all its varieties, including American English. A unique reference uniting scholarship with readability. - ;These substantial volumes present the fullest account yet published of the lexicography of English from its origins in medieval glosses, through its rapid development in the eighteenth century, to a fully-established high-tech industry that is as reliant as ever on learning and scholarship. The history covers dictionaries of English anHistory of English lexicographyEnglish languageLexicographyHistoryEncyclopedias and dictionariesHistory and criticismEnglish languageLexicographyHistory.Encyclopedias and dictionariesHistory and criticism.413.028Cowie Anthony Paul31024MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814689403321The Oxford History of English Lexicography3913627UNINA