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This is the first of three volumes offering a new history of lexicography in and beyond the early modern British Isles. This volume focuses on the period from the end of the Middle Ages to the year 1600, exploring the first printed dictionaries, Latin and foreign language dictionaries, and specializ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Considine, John (John P.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, [2022].
Series:Dictionairies in the English-speaking world, 1500-1800.
Subjects:
English language > Lexicography > History > 16th century.
Lexicography > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Lexicographers > England > History > 16th century.
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Summary:This is the first of three volumes offering a new history of lexicography in and beyond the early modern British Isles. This volume focuses on the period from the end of the Middle Ages to the year 1600, exploring the first printed dictionaries, Latin and foreign language dictionaries, and specialized English wordlists.
Physical Description:xiv, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-462) and index.
ISBN:9780198832287
0198832281