Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-makers and the Dictionaries They MadeIn this book Jonathon Green traces the history of the dictionary from the first lexicon created in 2340 B.C. to the pinnacle of the Oxford English Dictionary and today's computer-generated successors of that great masterwork. |
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Page 41
... contemporary proverb . Education , at least at its higher levels , was carried out in Sumerian , which may not have delighted the young Akkadian scribes . There was a good deal of basic copying , which must have been tedious . A ...
... contemporary proverb . Education , at least at its higher levels , was carried out in Sumerian , which may not have delighted the young Akkadian scribes . There was a good deal of basic copying , which must have been tedious . A ...
Page 54
... contemporary France and especially what he saw as Catholic credulity . The Dialogue du nouveau françois italianisé ( 1578 ) is a satire on the corruption of France by Italy . It is to Henri Estienne that the coinage of the quote ...
... contemporary France and especially what he saw as Catholic credulity . The Dialogue du nouveau françois italianisé ( 1578 ) is a satire on the corruption of France by Italy . It is to Henri Estienne that the coinage of the quote ...
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... contemporary concerns about authority . As Jo Gladstone explains , ' Who here is the child , the reader intended to be educated by the dictionary ? Who here is the expert , the one who understands the language that is being imparted ...
... contemporary concerns about authority . As Jo Gladstone explains , ' Who here is the child , the reader intended to be educated by the dictionary ? Who here is the expert , the one who understands the language that is being imparted ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Putting It in Order | 55 |
CHAPTER THREE The Move from Latin | 76 |
Copyright | |
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Chasing the Sun: Dictionary Makers and the Dictionaries They Made Jonathon Green No preview available - 1996 |
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References to this book
A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English T. P. Dolan,Terence Patrick Dolan Limited preview - 2006 |
Proper English: Myths and Misunderstandings about Language Ronald Wardhaugh No preview available - 1999 |