The English word : a critical survey of some aspects of lexicography and lexicology in the English language

Chapters 1 and 2 of this study trace the development of English-language lexicography through two distinct traditions: the glossary-to-dictionary line and the lose well-documented vocabulary-to-thesaurus line. It shows that compilers have never explicitly formulated a theory of 'the word'....

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Main Author: McArthur, T. B.
Published: University of Edinburgh 1978
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657510