{"product_id":"the-oxford-history-of-english-lexicography","title":"The Oxford History of English Lexicography","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.;Vol. 1. General-purpose dictionaries -- Vol. 2. Specialized dictionaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePromotional Headline\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe most comprehensive account of the history of English lexicography ever published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA. P. Cowie\u003c\/strong\u003e is Honorary Reader in Lexicography at the University of Leeds. He was co-editor of the third edition of the \n\u003cem\u003eOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e and chief editor of the fourth edition. He is the co-editor of the \n\u003cem\u003eOxford Dictionary of English Idioms\u003c\/em\u003e and was editor of the \n\u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of Lexicography\u003c\/em\u003e from 1998 to 2003. His books include \n\u003cem\u003eEnglish Dictionaries for Foreign Learners: A History\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 1999) and, as editor, \n\u003cem\u003ePhraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 1998). He is currently preparing the second edition of the \n\u003cem\u003eOxford Dictionary of English Idioms\u003c\/em\u003e by A. P. Cowie, R. Mackin, and I. R. McCaig.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVolume I: General-purpose Dictionaries\u003c\/strong\u003e1. Introduction, \n\u003cem\u003eA. P. Cowie\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. Early Glossaries; Bilingual, and Multilingual Dictionaries\u003c\/strong\u003e2. Glosses, Glossaries, and Dictionaries in the Medieval Period, \n\u003cem\u003eHans Sauer\u003c\/em\u003e3. Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries of the Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century, \n\u003cem\u003eJanet Bately\u003c\/em\u003e4. Bilingual Dictionaries of the Late Seventeeth and Eighteenth Centuries, \n\u003cem\u003eMonique Cormier\u003c\/em\u003e5. Bilingual Dictionaries of the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, \n\u003cem\u003eCarla Marello\u003c\/em\u003e6. Bilingual Dictionaries of English and Russian in the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, \n\u003cem\u003eDonna Farina and George Durman\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2. The History of English Monolingual Dictionaries\u003c\/strong\u003e7. The Early Development of the English Monolingual Dictionary Seventeenth and Early Eighteenthth Centuries, \n\u003cem\u003eNoel Osselton\u003c\/em\u003e8. Johnson and Richardson, \n\u003cem\u003eAllen Reddick\u003c\/em\u003e9. Major American Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eSidney Landau\u003c\/em\u003e10. The Oxford English Dictionary, \n\u003cem\u003eLynda Mugglestone\u003c\/em\u003e11. The OED Supplements, \n\u003cem\u003eCharlotte Brewer\u003c\/em\u003e12. National and Regional Dictionaries of English, \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Bailey\u003c\/em\u003e13. Dictionaries of Scots, \n\u003cem\u003eMargaret Dareau and Iseabail Macleod\u003c\/em\u003e14. The Period Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Adams\u003c\/em\u003e15. Dictionaries of Caribbean English, \n\u003cem\u003eJeannette Allsopp\u003c\/em\u003e16. The Electronic \n\u003cem\u003eOED\u003c\/em\u003e: the computerization of a historical dictionary, \n\u003cem\u003eEdmund Weiner\u003c\/em\u003eReferencesIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects \n\u003cstrong\u003eVolume II: Specialized Dictionaries\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1. Dictionaries Specialized According to Ordering of Entries, Topical or Linguistic Content, or Speech Community\u003c\/strong\u003e1. Dictionaries of Synonyms and Thesauri, \n\u003cem\u003eWerner Hüllen\u003c\/em\u003e2. Scientific and Technical Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Hoare\u003c\/em\u003e3. Dictionaries of Place-names, \n\u003cem\u003eCarole Hough\u003c\/em\u003e4. Dictionaries of Personal Names, \n\u003cem\u003ePatrick Hanks\u003c\/em\u003e5. Pronouncing Dictionaries - i Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries, \n\u003cem\u003eJoan Beal\u003c\/em\u003e6. Pronouncing Dictionaries - ii Mid to Late-Nineteenth Century, \n\u003cem\u003eBeverley Collins and Inger Mees\u003c\/em\u003e7. Syntagmatic and Phraseological Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eThomas Herbst and Michael Klotz\u003c\/em\u003e8. Dictionaries of Quotations, \n\u003cem\u003eElizabeth Knowles\u003c\/em\u003e9. English Etymological Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eAnatoly Liberman\u003c\/em\u003e10. Dialect Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eRobert Penhallurick\u003c\/em\u003e11. Slang and Cant Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eJulie Coleman\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2. Dictionaries Specialized According to Uses and Users\u003c\/strong\u003e12. Dictionaries of Usage, \n\u003cem\u003eRobert Allen\u003c\/em\u003e13. The American Collegiate Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eSidney Landau\u003c\/em\u003e14. The Earliest Foreign Learners' Dictionaries, \n\u003cem\u003eA. P. Cowie\u003c\/em\u003e15. Linguistic Research and Learner's Dictionaries: The \n\u003cem\u003eLongman Dictionary of Contemporary English\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eThierry Fontenelle\u003c\/em\u003e16. The Cobuild Project, \n\u003cem\u003eRosamund Moon\u003c\/em\u003e17. Dictionaries in Electronic Form, \n\u003cem\u003eHilary Nesi\u003c\/em\u003eReferencesIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Cowie's authors remind us of the power of correctly used language in communication.\" --W.F. Bynum, \n\u003cem\u003eNature\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This work's high quality and long-lasting subject matter make it a necessary purchase for libraries specializing in research, linguistics, and lexicography.\"-- \n\u003cem\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best reference history I've read in a long time, and I feel confident in saying that if you love dictionaries, you will want to set some time aside for reading it.\" --Stephen Dodson \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThese 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \n\u003cem\u003eOED\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 \n\u003cem\u003eOED\u003c\/em\u003e. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford History of English Lexicography\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2009 pg. 96 (EAN 9780199285624, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2009 (EAN 9780199285624, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Supplements\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/15\/2008 pg. 47 (EAN 9780199285624, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448574197891,"sku":"9780199285624","price":522.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9780199285624.jpg?v=1783317263","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/the-oxford-history-of-english-lexicography","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}