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008			100419s2010 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780198299677
050			_aPE 1611 _b.B397 2010
100			_aBejoint, Henri. _9108563
245		4	_aThe lexicography of English : _bfrom origins to present / _cHenri Béjoint.
260			_aOxford, UK : _bOxford University Press, _c2010
300			_axxiv, 458 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill. _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis book looks at how English words have been recorded, ordered, dissected and displayed in dictionaries in Great Britain and the USA from the seventeenth century to the present. The author compares the descriptive approach of English lexicography with its more prescriptive American counterpart, and contrasts both with the lexicography of France. He shows many aspects of lexicography have hardly changed over the centuries: the challenge of distinguishing a word's senses, for example, and of tracing the history of its forms and uses. He found out that problems remain, which are treating taboo-words and insults. The book examines the general-purpose of dictionaries of English from the point of view of someone who is not a native speaker.
650			_aEnglish language
650			_aEnglish language _9108564
942			_cREF
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