The Cambridge companion to English dictionaries / edited by Sarah Ogilvie. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to English dictionaries / edited by Sarah Ogilvie. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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English
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Physical content
1 online resource (xxvii, 345 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
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,...
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The Cambridge companion to English dictionaries / edited by Sarah Ogilvie. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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Cambridge companions to literature
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74VKa6NPbN5A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa6NPbN5A
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ISBN
1-108-55378-8
1-108-65352-9
1-108-56845-9
DDC
423
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991024342919602626