Research Catalog

Title

Dictionaries [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / Lynda Mugglestone.

Author

Mugglestone, Lynda.

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xvi, 140 p.) : ill.

Summary

Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. Lynda Mugglestone takes a look at how dictionaries are made, considering how they reflect the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written.

Series Statement

Very short introductions

Uniform Title

Very short introductions.

Subject

• English language > Lexicography
• English language > Etymology
• Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism
• Language and languages > Etymology > Lexicography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

ISBN

9780191777639 (ebook)

OCLC

EDZ0000156636

Author

Mugglestone, Lynda.

Title

Dictionaries [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / Lynda Mugglestone.

Imprint

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Series

Very short introductions

Very short introductions.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note

Description based on print version record.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Other Form:

Print version 9780199573790

Branch Call Number

WEB RESOURCE (Very Short Introductions)