Dictionaries
A Very Short Introduction
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9780199573790
Publication date:
27/09/2011
Paperback
160 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199573790
Publication date:
27/09/2011
Paperback
160 pages
Part of Very Short Introductions
Lynda Mugglestone
Examines the history from their origins to modern day online and electronic dictionaries,Explores both the myths and reality about dictionaries,Includes examples comparing dictionary entries in different volumes through time and across nations,Considers the idea that dictionaries are cultural documents that are connected to the world in which they were produced,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over three million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Lynda Mugglestone
Description
Do, or should, dictionaries control language? How do they treat language change, both now and in the past? Which words do dictionaries leave out - and on what grounds?
Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very Short Introduction Lynda Mugglestone shows that all dictionaries are partial and all are selective. They are human products, reflecting the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written.
Dictionaries exist then not only as works which seek to document language, but also as cultural documents that are connected to
the world in which they were produced. Exploring common beliefs about dictionaries, providing glimpses of behind the scenes dictionary makers at work, and confronting the problems of how a word is to be defined, Mugglestone shows that dictionaries are always, and inevitably, more than the crafting of a simple list of words. Concluding with a look at the range of modern dictionaries and transformations, from online dictionaries such as urbandictionary.com or wictionary to txt-spk and slang, she reveals the controversial nature of the debates about communication and language, showing that only in written and spoken English does the language of dictionaries exist in full.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Lynda Mugglestone, Professor of the History of English, Pembroke College, University of OxfordLynda Mugglestone has written widely on a range of aspects of language, culture, and the history of dictionaries. While two books Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the OED Environmental economics ography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest (OUP, 2001; 2003) have focussed on the Oxford English Dictionary, a range of articles and chapters in other books have examined the history of lexicography outside this period, as well as the complex issues generated by taboo labelling, or the art of definition. Professor Mugglestone has also edited the Oxford History of English.
Lynda Mugglestone
Table of contents
Preface
1:Identity
2:History
3:Craft
4:Authority
5:Truth
6:Last words
Lynda Mugglestone
Description
Do, or should, dictionaries control language? How do they treat language change, both now and in the past? Which words do dictionaries leave out - and on what grounds?
Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very Short Introduction Lynda Mugglestone shows that all dictionaries are partial and all are selective. They are human products, reflecting the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written.
Dictionaries exist then not only as works which seek to document language, but also as cultural documents that are connected to
the world in which they were produced. Exploring common beliefs about dictionaries, providing glimpses of behind the scenes dictionary makers at work, and confronting the problems of how a word is to be defined, Mugglestone shows that dictionaries are always, and inevitably, more than the crafting of a simple list of words. Concluding with a look at the range of modern dictionaries and transformations, from online dictionaries such as urbandictionary.com or wictionary to txt-spk and slang, she reveals the controversial nature of the debates about communication and language, showing that only in written and spoken English does the language of dictionaries exist in full.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Lynda Mugglestone, Professor of the History of English, Pembroke College, University of OxfordLynda Mugglestone has written widely on a range of aspects of language, culture, and the history of dictionaries. While two books Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the OED Environmental economics ography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest (OUP, 2001; 2003) have focussed on the Oxford English Dictionary, a range of articles and chapters in other books have examined the history of lexicography outside this period, as well as the complex issues generated by taboo labelling, or the art of definition. Professor Mugglestone has also edited the Oxford History of English.
Table of contents
Preface
1:Identity
2:History
3:Craft
4:Authority
5:Truth
6:Last words
Stephen Anderson
Martin Cutts
Noam Chomsky, Nirmalangshu Mukherji, Bibudhendra Narayan Patnaik, Rama Kant Agnihotri
R.S. McGregor
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Elizabeth Knowles
Belinda Jack
Margaret J. Snowling
John Ayto
Matthew Reynolds
William R. Leben, Brett Kessler, and Keith Denning
