Lexicography
"The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography"
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This comprehensive introduction by two of the world's leading lexicographers presents a course in dictionary-making for publishers, colleges, and universities world-wide. The book takes readers through building a corpus, analysing the data, and writing entries. Numerous exercises show the use of software to manipulate data and compile entries. With illustrations. Paperback, 552 pages. Size: 246 x 171 mm. Weight: 948g.
Author: Atkins, B.T.S. Rundell, Michael
ISBN: 0199277710
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"The Life of Samuel Johnson"
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"Penguin Classics" series; Suitable for Boswell and Johnson studies. Paperback, 1312 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 1018g.
Author: Boswell, James Womersley, David
ISBN: 0140436626
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Lexicography
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"Treasure-House of the Language"The Living Oed
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The legendary Oxford English Dictionary (OED) contains over 600,000 words and a staggering 2,500,000 quotations to illuminate the meaning and history of those words. This book provides an account of the OED, from the publication of the first edition in 1928, through to the metamorphosis of the dictionary into a 21st-century electronic medium. With 16 b&w illustrations. Hardback, 336 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 722g.
Author: Brewer, Charlotte
ISBN: 0300124295
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Lexicography
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"Lexicalization and Language Change"
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"Research Surveys in Linguistics" series; Examines the ways in which lexicalization, a process of language change, has been presented in the literature. With illustrations. Paperback, 220 pages. Size: 229 x 153 mm. Weight: 363g.
Author: Brinton, Laurel J. Traugott, Elizabeth Closs
ISBN: 0521540631
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"The Ring of Words"Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
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Describes the relationship between Tolkien's creative use of language in his fictional works and his professional work on the Oxford English Dictionary. The main section of this book offers 'word studies', which explore individual words Tolkien used in terms of their origins, development, and significance in his fictional world. With 15 half-tones. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Gilliver, Peter Marshall, Jeremy Weiner, Edmund
ISBN: 0198610696
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Lexicography
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"Lexicology"A Short Introduction
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Presents a concise survey of lexicology. This book surveys the study of words, providing an overview of basic issues in defining and understanding the word as a unit of language. It also examines the history of lexicology, the evolution of dictionaries and developments in the field. It is of interest to undergraduate students of linguistics. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Halliday, M.A.K. Yallop, Colin
ISBN: 082649479X
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Lexicography
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"Lexical Priming"
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Theoretically adventurous and suitable for use with a wide range of language studies, Hoey's book reverses the roles of lexis and grammar to present a radical new theory of the lexicon. With 43 tables, 8line drawings. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 332g.
Author: Hoey, M.
ISBN: 0415328632
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"Lexicography"An Introduction
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This text analyses a wide range of dictionaries, from those for native speakers to thematic dictionaries and those on CD-ROM, to reveal the ways in which dictionaries fulfil their dual function of describing the vocabulary of English and providing a useful and accessible reference resource. With 4 tables. Paperback, 200 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 321g.
Author: Jackson, Howard
ISBN: 0415231736
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"Words, Meaning and Vocabulary"An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology
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Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that studies all aspects of the vocabulary of a particular language. Serving as an introduction to the lexicology of modern English, this book provides an account of the sources of modern English words and studies the development of vocabulary over time. It examines what words are and how they are made up. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Jackson, Howard Ze Amvela, Etienne
ISBN: 0826490182
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"Dictionaries"The Art and Craft of Lexicography
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This second edition offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written. With 4 halftones 3 maps 5 tables. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 496 pages. Size: 230 x 153 mm. Weight: 741g.
Author: Landau, Sidney I.
ISBN: 052178512X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"The Story of Webster's Third"Philip Gove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics
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This is the first full account of the controversy surrounding the publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961. With 16 halftones. New ed. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 522g.
Author: Morton, Herbert C.
ISBN: 0521558697
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 1995 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"Lost for Words"The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary
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The untold story of the complex word battles fought by the creators of the first Oxford English Dictionary. With 8 b&w illustrations. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 678g.
Author: Mugglestone, Lynda
ISBN: 0300106998
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"Caught in the Web of Words"James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary
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"Yale Nota Bene" series; A biography of James Murray, the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. It provides an account of his life, along with how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned. With 26 illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 197 x 127 mm. Weight: 310g.
Author: Murray, K.M.Elisabeth
ISBN: 0300089198
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Lexicography
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"Corpus Linguistics"A Short Introduction
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Presents a concise survey of corpus linguistics. This book introduces the key concepts in corpus linguistics and provides a brief history of the discipline. It shows how corpus linguistics can advance our study of words and meaning, the benefits of studying the corpora, and how meaning can best be conceptualised. It also includes a glossary. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Teubert, Wolfgang Cermakova, Anna
ISBN: 0826494811
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Lexicography
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"The Surgeon of Crowthorne"A Tale of Murder,Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
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W.C. Minor was one of the keenest volunteers involved in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. What the OED's editor, James Murray, didn't realise was that he was also a millionaire American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder. New ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 198 x 128 mm. Weight: 163g.
Author: Winchester, Simon
ISBN: 0140271287
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Lexicography
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