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The first century of English monolingual lexicography /
This book deals with monolingual English dictionaries from 1604 to 1702. The major scholarly reference works which individually treat early English dictionaries are De Witt Starnes and Gertrude Noyes's English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson: 1604-1755 (1946) and The Oxford History of Englis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book deals with monolingual English dictionaries from 1604 to 1702. The major scholarly reference works which individually treat early English dictionaries are De Witt Starnes and Gertrude Noyes's English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson: 1604-1755 (1946) and The Oxford History of English Lexicography (2009) edited by A.P. Cowie. However, when we proceed with reading the dictionaries with primary attention to their provision of lexical information, an array of deficiencies in Starnes and Noyes's account stands out. There are two main reasons for these deficiencies; one is the fact that. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 141 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443893466 1443893463 |