English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners POD TITLE

Zusatztext I would recommend every teacher of English to read this book Informationen zum Autor A. P. Cowie is Honorary Reader in Lexicography at the School of English, University of Leeds. He originally trained as an EFL teacher in London, and taught English in Nigeria before becoming an English language specialist at the British Council. A. P. Cowie was a co-editor of the third edition and chief editor of the fourth edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, and is currently editor of the International Journal of Lexicography, published by Oxford University Press. Klappentext This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners! from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles! and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries. Zusammenfassung This is a history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their origins in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s, to the computerized compilations of the present. Initially research-driven, the dictionary has become user-driven. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1.: The Genesis of the Learner's Dictionary 2.: Phraseology in the Learner's Dictionary 3.: The Second Generation of Learners' Dictionaries 4.: The Role of the Computer in Learner Lexicography 5.: The Third Generation of Learners' Dictionaries 6.: Focus on the Dictionary User

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: A. P. Cowie, Anthony Paul Cowie, Cowie A. P.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 18.07.2002
• Categoria: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia
• EAN: 9780199250844
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925084-4
• Numero di pagine: 246
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.8 x 23.5 x 1.2 cm
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Lexicography; Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology; Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology
• Categorie: English; REFERENCE / Dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Lexicography; Lexicography; Dictionaries