عنوان

Tradition and innovation in modern English dictionaries /

(Number (ISBN

019823919X

(Number (ISBN

9780198239192

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b732413

Title Proper

Tradition and innovation in modern English dictionaries /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Henri Béjoint.

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New York :

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Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1994.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 276 pages ;

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23 cm

Series Title

Oxford studies in lexicography and lexicology

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dictionaries and the dictionary -- The lexicographical scene of English-speaking countries -- The historical origins of the general-purpose dictionary -- General-purpose dictionaries and society -- What are general-purpose dictionaries really for? -- The linguistic traditions of lexicography -- Whither lexicography?

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There has been an extraordinary increase in the production of monolingual dictionaries of English in the last three decades. Despite some interesting recent developments in dictionary design and layout, in many fundamental respects the dictionaries of today are very similar to those produced several centuries ago. Dr. Bejoint argues that this conservatism reflects the importance of the dictionary as culturally-constructed artefact. Dictionaries have remained the same because their traditional form exerts a powerful influence on popular ideas of what they should be. Contemporary research and theory will only filter though into dictionary-making when popular ideas about language and dictionaries change. This must be a slow process because the dictionaries are themselves such a powerful influence in the shaping of these ideas.

Title

Tradition and innovation in modern English dictionaries.

Title

Tradition and innovation in modern English dictionaries.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries-- History and criticism.

English language-- Lexicography.

Anglais (Langue)-- Lexicographie

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Engels.

English language-- Lexicography.

English language-- Lexicography.

Woordenboeken.

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Béjoint, Henri.

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20201203165627.0

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