Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction

By:

Mugglestone, Lynda

Publication details: Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 140ISBN:

9780199573790

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DDC classification:

423.028 MUG

Summary: 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.

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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.

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