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The History of Lexicography

By R.R.K. Hartmann

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year
1986
ISBN
9027245231, 9789027245236
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12908043 bytes)
Series
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
Pages
276\277
Time added
2017-04-09 13:27:56
Dictionaries & Thesauruses;Dictionaries;English;FoLanguage & Grammar;Reference

Description

Most dictionaries have forerunners, and all have imitators; an understanding of the historical foundations of dictionary-making is therefore one of the preconditions of further progress in academic lexicography. The papers in this volume, which were presented at the 1986 Exeter Seminar, survey most of the lexicographical traditions in the world, some tracing them right back to their beginnings. The programme was divided into eight sessions, with the following concentrations of topics: (1) three classical traditions, (2) the early history of European lexicography, (3) the beginnings of English lexicography, (4) further aspects of English lexicography, (5) the background of diverse national developments, (6) specific features of national developments, (7) pioneers of three genres, (8) recent trends in the English dictionary.

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