The theory of English lexicography, 1530-1791

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This book serves as a welcome addition to the better known English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755, by Starnes & Noyes (new edition published by Benjamins 1991). Whereas Starnes & Noyes describe the history of English lexicography as an evolutionary progress-by-accumulation process, Professor Hayashi focuses on issues of method and theory, starting with John Palsgrave's Lesclarissement de la langue francoyse (1530), to John Walker's A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (1791).

Title The theory of English lexicography, 1530-1791 / Tetsuro Hayashi.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Amsterdam/Philadelphia : J. Benjamins
Creation Date 1978
Notes A revision of the author's thesis, Kyushu University.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English
Content THE THEORY OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY1530 - 1791
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
FOREWORD
Table of contents
PREFACE
1.0 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RENAISSANCE BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY
2.0 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE THEORY OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY IN THE JACOBEAN PERIOD
3.0 THE GROWTH OF ETYMOLOGICAL AND ENCYCLOPAEDIC PRINCIPLES IN THE NEOCLASSICAL AGE
4.0 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THEORY OF COMPILING GENERAL STANDARD DICTIONARIES IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
5.0 ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY ON ORTHOEPIC PRINCIPLES IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
6.0 CONCLUSION
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF NAMES
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science : Series 3, Studies in the history of linguistics
v. 18
Extent 1 online resource (180 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010705771005171
MARC RECORDS

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