Dictionaries in early modern Europe : lexicography and the making of heritage / John Considine.
Dictionaries in early modern Europe : lexicography and the making of heritage / John Considine.
Dictionaries in early modern Europe : lexicography and the making of heritage / John Considine.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N413.02809/1
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English
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xiv, 393 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The classical heritage I: Philology and lexicography -- 3. The classical heritage II: Henri Estienne and his world -- 4. Vernacular heritages I: Germany and the Netherlands 1500-1618 -- 5. Vernacular heritages II: England to circa 1650 -- 6. Vernacular heritages III: England an...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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England
Date Published
2008.
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"Dictionaries tell stories of many kinds. The history of dictionaries, of how they were produced, published and used, has much to tell us about the language and the culture of the past. This monumental work of scholarship draws on published and archival material to survey a wide range of dictionaries of western European languages (including English...
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Dictionaries in early modern Europe : lexicography and the making of heritage / John Considine.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N413.02809/1
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9780521886741 (hbk.) :
0521886740 (hbk.) :
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413.028094
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991000335119702626
