The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604–1755
De Witt T. Starnes and Gertrude E. Noyes
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 57] 1991. cxii, xxii, 299 pp.
Gabriele Stein
List of John Benjamins publications for which Gabriele Stein plays a role.
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Subjects Dictionaries | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | History of linguistics
Articles
2011 The linking of lemma to gloss in Elyot’s Dictionary (1538) Words in Dictionaries and History: Essays in honour of R.W. McConchie, Timofeeva, Olga and Tanja Säily (eds.), pp. 55–78 | Article
Dictionary entries comprise two essential parts, the headword (‘lemma’) and the author’s explanation (‘gloss’). This paper addresses the ways in which compilers link these two components (using formulations such as ‘X means Y,’ ‘X is a mammal of the genus Z’). After a survey of medieval practice,… read more
1991 Introductory Materials The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604–1755, Starnes, De Witt T. and Gertrude E. Noyes | Section header
1986 Sixteenth-Century English-Vernacular Dictionaries The History of Lexicography, Hartmann, R.R.K. (ed.), pp. 219 ff. | Article