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The Unmasking of English Dictionaries
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: R. M. W. Dixon
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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When 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 prefer
The Unmasking of English Dictionaries
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: R. M. W. Dixon
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book argues that a dictionary should show when to use one word rather than another, instead of treating each word separately.
Tradition and Innovation in Modern English Dictionaries
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Henri Béjoint
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher:

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Dictionaries of the national language of a country are an essential and quite frequently controversial part of social life and learning. This is an account of h
The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries
Language: en
Pages: 410
Authors: Sarah Ogilvie
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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How 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
English Dictionaries, 800-1700
Language: en
Pages: 544
Authors: Werner Hüllen
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This study explores the topical, i.e. non-alphabetical, word-lists which appeared between the beginnings of written culture and 1700. A form of early dictionary