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Zusatztext It is safe to say that any future work on English lexicography will begin here, that anyone interested in how lexicography impinges on specific historical issues will consult here, and that any speaker interested in the quixotic project of defining the undefinable - English - will linger here. Informationen zum Autor A. P. Cowie is Honorary Reader in Lexicography at the University of Leeds. He was co-editor of the third edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary and chief editor of the fourth edition. He is the co-editor of the Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms and was editor of the International Journal of Lexicography from 1998 to 2003. His books include English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners: A History (OUP, 1999) and, as editor, Phraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications (OUP, 1998). He is currently preparing the second edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms by A. P. Cowie, R. Mackin, and I. R. McCaig. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 and its national varieties, including American English, with numerous references to developments in Europe and elsewhere which have influenced the course of English lexicography. Part one of Volume I explores the early development of glosses and bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and examines their influence on lexicographical methods and ideas. Part two presents a systematic history of monolingual dictionaries of English and includes extensive chapters on Johnson, Webster and his successors in the USA, and the OED. It also contains descriptions of the development of dictionaries of national and regional varieties, and of Old and Middle English, and concludes with an account of the computerization of the OED. The specialized dictionaries described in Volume II include dictionaries of science, dialects, synonyms, etymology, pronunciation, slang and cant, quotations, phraseology, and personal and place names. This volume also includes an account of the inception and development of dictionaries developed for particular users, especially foreign learners of English. The Oxford History of English Lexicography unites scholarship with readability. It provides a unique and accessible reference for scholars and professional lexicographers and offers a series of fascinating encounters with the men and women involved over the centuries in the making of works of profound national and linguistic importance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume I: General-purpose Dictionaries 1: A. P. Cowie: Introduction Part I. Early Glossaries; Bilingual, and Multilingual Dictionaries 2: Hans Sauer: Glosses, Glossaries, and Dictionaries in the Medieval Period 3: Janet Bately: Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries of the Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century 4: Monique Cormier: Bilingual Dictionaries of the Late Seventeeth and Eighteenth Centuries 5: Carla Marello: Bilingual Dictionaries of the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Centuries 6: Donna Farina and George Durman: Bilingual Dictionaries of English and Russian in the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries Part 2. The History of English Monolingual Dictionaries 7: Noel Osselton: The Early Development of the English Monolingual Dictionary Seventeenth and Early Eighteenthth Centuries 8: Allen Reddick: Johnson and Richardson 9: Sidney Landau: Major Amer...
