The Oxford history of English lexicography /

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Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (2 volumes)
Language:English
Subject:English language -- Lexicography -- History.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
Anglais (Langue) -- Lexicographie -- Histoire.
Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais -- Histoire et critique.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY.
REFERENCE.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
English language -- Lexicography.
English.
English Language.
Languages & Literatures.
18.04 English language.
Lexicography.
Dictionaries.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
History (form)
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11193849
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Varying Form of Title:History of English lexicography
Other authors / contributors:Cowie, Anthony Paul.
ISBN:9780191558078
0191558079
9780199285600
0199285608
9780199285617
0199285616
9780199285624
0199285624
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The fullest account ever published of the lexicography of English describes its history from medieval glosses to a high-tech industry and covers English in all its varieties, including American English. A unique reference uniting scholarship with readability. - ;These substantial volumes present the fullest account yet published of the lexicography of English from its origins in medieval glosses, through its rapid development in the eighteenth century, to a fully-established high-tech industry that is as reliant as ever on learning and scholarship. The history covers dictionaries of English an.
Other form:Print version: Oxford history of English lexicography. Oxford : Clarendon Press, ©2009 9780199285600 0199285608