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Ashgate Critical Essays on Early English Lexicographers: Volume 3: The Sixteenth Century - Hardcover

 
9780754656920: Ashgate Critical Essays on Early English Lexicographers: Volume 3: The Sixteenth Century
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754656926 ISBN 13: 9780754656920
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Laying the foundations for the first monolingual dictionaries of English, the sixteenth century in English lexicography is here shown to form a bridge between the glossarial compilations which had slowly evolved during the Middle Ages, and the more recognisably modern dictionary incorporating synonymy, illustrative citations and other standard features. The articles collected here treat general lexicography and dictionaries in this period, their uses, and the state of research in this field. The volume also covers a fascinating and diverse collection of lexicographers, from the well known - John Palsgrave, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Elyot and John Florio - to those about whom next to nothing is known - Richard Howlet, John Baret and Peter Levens.

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About the Author

Roderick McConchie is Lecturer in English at the University of Helsinki, Finland

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754656926
ISBN 13 
9780754656920
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
496
Editor
McConchie Roderick