Lingua Britannica Reformata
Author: Benjamin Martin
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Published: 1749
Total Pages: 714
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Lingua Britannica Reformata: Or, A New English Dictionary ...
Author: Benjamin Martin
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Published: 1749
Total Pages: 734
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Sociolinguistic History of British English Lexicography
Author: Heming Yong
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-09-15
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1000429482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Sociolinguistic History of British English Lexicography traces the evolution of British English dictionaries from their earliest roots to the end of the 20th century by adopting both sociolinguistic and lexicographical perspectives. It attempts to break out of the limits of the dictionary-ontology paradigm and set British English dictionary-making and research against a broader background of socio-cultural observations, thus relating the development of English lexicography to changes in English, accomplishments in English linguistics, social and cultural progress, and advances in science and technology. It unfolds a vivid, coherent and complete picture of how English dictionary-making develops from its archetype to the prescriptive, the historical, the descriptive and finally to the cognitive model, how it interrelates to the course of the development of a nation's culture and the historical growth of its lexicographical culture, as well as how English lexicography spreads from British English to other major regional varieties through inheritance, innovation and self-perfection. This volume will be of interest to students and academics of English lexicography, English linguistics and world English lexicography.
Before the Word was Queer
Author: Stephen Turton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-03-31
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1316518736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book uncovers how same-sex sexuality has been represented in English dictionaries from the early modern to the interwar period.
Ashgate Critical Essays on Early English Lexicographers
Author: Anne C. McDermott
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-02
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 135187022X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe eighteenth century is renowned for the publication of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language, which reference sources still call the first English dictionary. This collection demonstrates the inaccuracy of that claim, but its tenacity in the public mind testifies to how decisively Johnson formed our sense of what a dictionary is. The essays and articles in this volume examine the already flourishing tradition of English lexicography from which Johnson drew, as represented by Kersey, Bailey, and Martin, as well as the flourishing contemporary trade in encyclopedic, technical, pronunciation, and bilingual lexicons.
Grammar, Rhetoric and Usage in English
Author: Nuria Yáñez-Bouza
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1107000793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis detailed, corpus-based study shows how the placement and usage of the English preposition has changed since the sixteenth century.
A Bibliography of Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922
Author: Arthur Garfield Kennedy
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 544
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries
Author: Sarah Ogilvie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-09-24
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1108568459
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge our understanding of objectivity, prescription, and description? Since the first monolingual dictionary appeared in 1604, the genre has sparked evolution, innovation, devotion, plagiarism, and controversy. This comprehensive volume presents an overview of essential issues pertaining to dictionary style and content and a fresh narrative of the development of English dictionaries throughout the centuries. Essays on the regional and global nature of English lexicography (dictionary making) explore its power in standardising varieties of English and defining nations seeking independence from the British Empire: from Canada to the Caribbean. Leading scholars and lexicographers historically contextualise an array of dictionaries and pose urgent theoretical and methodological questions relating to their role as tools of standardisation, prestige, power, education, literacy, and national identity.
The Unmasking of English Dictionaries
Author: R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-01-25
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1108383939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen we look up a word in a dictionary, we want to know not just its meaning but also its function and the circumstances under which it should be used in preference to words of similar meaning. Standard dictionaries do not address such matters, treating each word in isolation. R. M. W. Dixon puts forward a new approach to lexicography that involves grouping words into 'semantic sets', to describe what can and cannot be said, and providing explanations for this. He provides a critical survey of the evolution of English lexicography from the earliest times, showing how Samuel Johnson's classic treatment has been amended in only minor ways. Written in an easy and accessible style, the book focuses on the rampant plagiarism between lexicographers, on ways of comparing meanings of words, and on the need to link lexicon with grammar. Dixon tells an engrossing story that puts forward a vision for the future.
Current Issues in Late Modern English
Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9783039116607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Late Modern English, held at the University of Leiden in 2007.
