Ashgate Critical Essays on Early English Lexicographers: Volume 3: The Sixteenth Century

Ashgate Critical Essays on Early English Lexicographers: Volume 3: The Sixteenth Century
ISBN-10
1351870289
ISBN-13
9781351870283
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
516
Language
English
Published
2017-03-02
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Roderick McConchie

Description

Laying the foundations for the first monolingual dictionaries of English, the sixteenth century in English lexicography is here shown to form a bridge between the glossarial compilations which had slowly evolved during the Middle Ages, and the more recognisably modern dictionary incorporating synonymy, illustrative citations and other standard features. The articles collected here treat general lexicography and dictionaries in this period, their uses, and the state of research in this field. The volume also covers a fascinating and diverse collection of lexicographers, from the well known - John Palsgrave, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Elyot and John Florio - to those about whom next to nothing is known - Richard Howlet, John Baret and Peter Levens.

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