PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. PREFACE XI
4. CONVENTIONS OF TRANSLITERATION XIII
5. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON SOURCES XIV
6. CHAPTER ONE: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS 1
7. CHAPTER TWO: THE EARLIEST LEXICOGRAPHICAL WORKS 30
8. CHAPTER THREE: THE ADVENT AND INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES 53
9. CHAPTER FOUR: THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING AND MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN TAMIL LEXICOGRAPHY 92
10. CHAPTER FIVE: SOME LEXICOGRAPHICAL PROBLEMS CONSIDERED 156
11. CHAPTER SIX: A METALEXICOGRAPHIC SURVEY 170
12. APPENDIX I. CLASSIFIED ADDITIONS TO DHAMOTHARAN’S (1978) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DICTIONARIES IN TAMIL 201
13. APPENDIX II. SELECTED EMENDATIONS TO DHAMOTHARAN’S (1978) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DICTIONARIES IN TAMIL 230
14. APPENDIX III. NIKANTUS IN MAJOR LIBRARIES, EXTRACTED FROM THE TAMIL UNIVERSITY DATABASE AND OTHER CATALOGUES OF TAMIL PALM-LEAF AND PAPER MANUSCRIPTS IN SELECTED LIBRARIES 234
15. REFERENCES 243
16. ADDENDUM 277