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Title The Oxford history of English lexicography / edited by A.P. Cowie
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes)
Contents Vol. 1. General-purpose dictionaries -- Vol. 2. Specialized dictionaries
Summary The 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 an
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject English language -- Lexicography -- History
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
18.04 English language.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY.
REFERENCE.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
English language -- Lexicography
Lexicography.
Dictionaries.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
History (form)
Form Electronic book
Author Cowie, Anthony Paul.
ISBN 9780191558078
0191558079
9780199285600
0199285608
9780199285617
0199285616
9780199285624
0199285624
Other Titles History of English lexicography