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Ethnocentrism and the English Dictionary

By Benson P.

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0415220742, 9780415220743
LCC
PE1611 .B47 2000
Open Library ID
OL22425915M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
583 kB (597434 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics
Pages
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Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2011-07-22 07:35:22

Description

This unique work challenges the assumption that dictionaries act as objective records of our language, and instead argues that the English dictionary is a fundamentally ethnocentric work. Using theoretical, historical and empirical analyses, Phil Benson shows how English dictionaries have filtered knowledge through predominantly Anglo-American perspectives. The book includes a major case study of the most recent edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and its treatment of China.

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