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Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction - Very Short Introductions
Mugglestone, Lynda (Professor of the History of English, Pembroke College, University of Oxford)
Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction - Very Short Introductions
Mugglestone, Lynda (Professor of the History of English, Pembroke College, University of Oxford)
Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very Short Introduction Lynda Mugglestone takes a look at how dictionaries are made, considering how they reflect the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written.
160 pages, 18 black and and white halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 18, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780199573790 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 160 |
Dimensions | 175 × 153 × 9 mm · 126 g |