Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Contents vii
4. Editions of Chambers, in chronological order xi
5. List of tables / List of figures xii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Methodological and theoretical foundations of the analysis 3
8. 2 The founders of W. & R. Chambers publishing house 18
9. 3 The origin of the dictionary 21
10. 4 Biographical notes on the editors 31
11. 5 Educational beginnings: Chambers’s Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (Ch-A, 1867) 36
12. 6 Towards the optimal arrangement of entries 64
13. 7 The selection of morphological forms 71
14. 8 The growth of vocabulary 77
15. 9 Defining meaning 97
16. 10 The order and discrimination of senses 111
17. 11 Etymology 116
18. 12 Usage labels 124
19. 13 Syntagmatic and paradigmatic information 143
20. 14 Pronunciation 147
21. 15 Outside matter 153
22. Conclusions 162
23. Appendices 166
24. Sample 1 170
25. Sample 2 233
26. References 286
27. Index 294