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020 _a9780199573790
082 _a423.028 MUG
100 _aMugglestone, Lynda
245 _aDictionaries: A Very Short Introduction
260 _bOxford University Press
_aOxford, New York
_c2011
300 _a140
520 _aDo, 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.
650 _aLexicography-History
650 _aLanguage and languages-Etymology
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