عنوان

The first century of English monolingual lexicography

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electronic

Title Proper

The first century of English monolingual lexicography

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxxviii, 141 pages ; 22 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references )pages 131-138( and index

Text of Note

by Kusujiro Miyoshi

Text of Note

This book deals with monolingual English dictionaries from 1604 to 1702. The major scholarly reference works which individually treat early English dictionaries are De Witt Starnes and Gertrude Noyes's English Dictionaries from Cawdrey to Johnson: 1604-1755 )1946( and The Oxford History of English Lexicography )2009( edited by A. P. Cowie. However, when we proceed with reading the dictionaries with primary attention to their provision of lexical information, an array of deficiencies in Starnes and Noyes's account stands out. There are two main reasons for these deficiencies; one is the fact that Starnes and Noyes's analyses of the dictionaries are mainly made in accordance with the contents of their title pages and introductory materials, and the other is that the two authorities are excessively conscious of the external history of the dictionaries they discuss. The method of investigation of the dictionaries in this book differs greatly from these previous studies. Through it, various facts, which have been unnoticed for centuries, come to be revealed, including not only an array of historically significant methods for the lexical treatment of words and phrases, but also the highly creative use of other dictionaries in one specific dictionary, as well as the previously unrecognized direct and indirect influence of one dictionary on others.

Entry Element

، English language -- Early modern, 0051-0071 -- Lexicography

Entry Element

، Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism

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AU Miyoshi, Kusujiro author