The lexicography of English : from origins to present / Henri Béjoint.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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English language -- Lexicography -- History.

English language -- Lexicography.

Lexicography.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Dictionaries and the dictionary

A brief history of English dictionaries

The British tradition of the scholarly dictionary

The American tradition of the utility dictionary

A new tradition : the dictionary for foreign students

English dictionaries of the twentieth century : the cultural, the functional, and the scientific

The study of dictionary users and uses

Lexicography and linguistics

Computers and corpora in lexicography

A theory of lexicography?.

Detailed table of contents available via online link.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780198299677

xxiv, 458 p., [32] p. of plates ; 26 cm