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The Theory of English Lexicography 1530–1791
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This book serves as a welcome addition to the better known English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755, by Starnes & Noyes (new edition published by Benjamins 1991). Whereas Starnes & Noyes describe the history of English lexicography as an evolutionary progress-by-accumulation process, Professor Hayashi focuses on issues of method and theory, starting with John Palsgrave’s Lesclarissement de la langue francoyse (1530), to John Walker’s A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (1791). This book also includes a detailed discussion of Dr. Johnson’s influential Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 18] 1978. xii, 168 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 3 October 2011
Published online on 3 October 2011
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Table of Contents
- Prelim pages | pp. i–iv
- Foreword | pp. v–viii
- Table of Contents | pp. ix–x
- Preface | pp. xi–xii
- 1.0 Theoretical Foundations of Renaissance Bilingual Lexicography | pp. 1–30
- 2.0 The Beginnings of the Theory of English Lexicography in the Jacobean Period | pp. 31–48
- 3.0 The Growth of Etymological and Encyclopaedic Principles in the Neoclassical Age | pp. 49–78
- 4.0 The Establishment of the Theory of Compiling General Standard Dictionaries in the Early Eighteenth Century | pp. 79–106
- 5.0 English Lexicography on Orthoepic Principles in the Late Eighteenth Century | pp. 107–132
- 6.0 Conclusion | pp. 133–140
- Notes | pp. 141–144
- | pp. 145–160
- A. Primary Sources
- B. Secondary Literature
- Index of Names | pp. 161–164
- Index of Subjects | pp. 165–168
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