Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preliminary; Dictionaries in general; The origin of English dictionaries; The first English dictionaries; Early complete dictionaries; Noah Webster; From Webster to the present; Abridged dictionaries; A new kind of dictionary: The Oxford English Dictionary; Later dictionaries of the Oxford type; Making a dictionary:; 1. Deciding its scope; 2. The dictionary's use of earlier authorities; 3· New material used in dictionary-making; 4· Spelling; 5· Pronunciation; 6. Etymology; 7· Meanings; 8. Definitions
9. Arrangement of senses10. Quotations; 11. 'Restrictive labels'; 12. Reading the proofs; 13. Non-lexicographical features; English dictionaries of limited scope; Dictionaries of slang; The use of a dictionary; How to read etymologies; The significance of the first quotation in a historical dictionary; The authority of the dictionary; The choice of a dictionary; Recent achievements; Index
