English dictionaries, 800-1700 : the topical tradition /

English dictionaries, 800-1700 : the topical tradition /

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Author / Creator:	Hüllen, Werner.
Imprint:	Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 525 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	English language -- Lexicography -- History. English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Lexicography. English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Lexicography. Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. English language -- Early modern -- Lexicography. English language -- Lexicography. English language -- Middle English -- Lexicography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177939

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ISBN:	9780191519321 0191519324 1280446013 9781280446016 9786610446018 6610446016 1282365819 9781282365810 9786612365812 6612365811 019151618X 9780191516184 0198237960 9780199291045 0199291047
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-514) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Between the beginnings of European lexicography and 1700, many glossaries and dictionaries were arranged not according to the alphabet, but in a topical order which followed the influential paradigms of theology, philosophy, and natural history at that time. Together with related text genres like treatises on terminology, didactic dialogues, and thesauri, they constitute the topical (or onomasiological) tradition which is an important lexicographical tradition in its own right. This book discusses the tradition's principles and origins, and by way of illustration draws upon early glossaries, treatises for the learning of foreign languages, and didactic dialogues. Later comprehensive works are presented as detailed in-depth studies. Professor Hullen demonstrates that the English tradition is embedded in a complex Continental tradition whose important representatives, such as Adrianus Junius and Comenius, had a great influence on the English scene.
Other form:	Print version: Hüllen, Werner. English dictionaries, 800-1700. Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

Table of Contents:

Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Abbreviations; A: OPENING THE TOPIC; B: THE ENGLISH TRADITION OF ONOMASIOLOGY; C: THE EUROPEAN SCENE (1400-1700); D: REFLECTIONS ON THE TOPIC; Appendix; Bibliography; Index