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Dictionaries and the Authoritarian Tradition

Study in English Usage and Lexicography
  • Ronald A. Wells
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1973
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    I-VI

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    PREFACE

    7
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    CONTENTS

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    1. THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY

    13
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    2. THE AUTHORITARIAN TRADITION IN LANGUAGE: ENGLAND

    31
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    3. THE AUTHORITARIAN TRADITION IN LANGUAGE: AMERICA

    48
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    4. THE SECOND DICTIONARY WAR: 'WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL'

    74
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    5. LEXICOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH USAGE

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY

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    131-132

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eBook published on:
November 2, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9783110805949
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January 1, 1973
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9789027924285
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Reprint 2011
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129
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110805949
eBook ISBN: 9783110805949
Hardcover ISBN: 9789027924285
Keywords for this book
English language -- Lexicography; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism; English language -- Usage
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