The Cambridge Companion To English Dictionaries

Download The Cambridge Companion To English Dictionaries full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free The Cambridge Companion To English Dictionaries ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries

The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 410
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781108568456
ISBN-13 : 1108568459
Rating : 4/5 (459 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries by : Sarah Ogilvie

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries written by Sarah Ogilvie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge our understanding of objectivity, prescription, and description? Since the first monolingual dictionary appeared in 1604, the genre has sparked evolution, innovation, devotion, plagiarism, and controversy. This comprehensive volume presents an overview of essential issues pertaining to dictionary style and content and a fresh narrative of the development of English dictionaries throughout the centuries. Essays on the regional and global nature of English lexicography (dictionary making) explore its power in standardising varieties of English and defining nations seeking independence from the British Empire: from Canada to the Caribbean. Leading scholars and lexicographers historically contextualise an array of dictionaries and pose urgent theoretical and methodological questions relating to their role as tools of standardisation, prestige, power, education, literacy, and national identity.


The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries Related Books