The theory of English lexicography, 1530-1791 [[electronic resource] /] / Tetsuro Hayashi

• Autore: Hayashi Tetsurō <1921->
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins, 1978
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetto topico: English language - Lexicography - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: A revision of the author's thesis, Kyushu University.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE THEORY OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY1530 - 1791; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; FOREWORD; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1.0 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RENAISSANCE BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY; 2.0 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE THEORY OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY IN THE JACOBEAN PERIOD; 3.0 THE GROWTH OF ETYMOLOGICAL AND ENCYCLOPAEDIC PRINCIPLES IN THE NEOCLASSICAL AGE; 4.0 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THEORY OF COMPILING GENERAL STANDARD DICTIONARIES IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 5.0 ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY ON ORTHOEPIC PRINCIPLES IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 6.0 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX OF NAMESINDEX OF SUBJECTS
• Sommario/riassunto: This book serves as a welcome addition to the better known English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755, by Starnes & Noyes (new edition published by Benjamins 1991). Whereas Starnes & Noyes describe the history of English lexicography as an evolutionary progress-by-accumulation process, Professor Hayashi focuses on issues of method and theory, starting with John Palsgrave's Lesclarissement de la langue francoyse (1530), to John Walker's A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (1791). This book also includes a detailed discussion of
• Titolo autorizzato: The theory of English lexicography, 1530-1791
• ISBN: 1-283-31443-6; 9786613314437; 90-272-8131-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457770503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series III, . -Studies in the history of linguistics ; ; v. 18.