| Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Series |
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science : Series 3, Studies in the history of linguistics ; v. 18 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of linguistics ; v. 18
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| Contents |
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 |
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Index of namesindex of subjects |
| Summary |
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 Dr. Johnson's influe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Lexicography -- History
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English language -- Lexicography
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
79312631 |
| ISBN |
9789027281319 |
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9027281319 |
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1283314436 |
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9781283314435 |
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9786613314437 |
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6613314439 |
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