- Hardcover: 112 pages
- Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group; Rev Ed edition (May 1968)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0233960104
- ISBN-13: 978-0233960104
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,340,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dictionary-makers for word-lovers, dictionary-lovers, librarians, lexicographers
13 Feb 2010
Format:Hardcover
From the jacket: "In this book, which has been specially prepared for The Language Library, Professor Hulbert traces the development of the English Dictionary from its simple origin in the Anglo-Saxon period to its hardly recognisable successor of modern times. He compares the history of the dictionary, like that of early English drama, to the evolutionary processes of the biological sciences: ably demonstrating this parallel by his comprehensive survey of dictionary-makers past and present. He also describes how it was that the New English Dictionary, which was the first authoritative modern dictionary to include etymologies, spellings, and what might be called the 'biographies' of the words took seventy-five years to complete. ... Professor Hulbert is co-editor of A Dictionary of American English and was Professor of English at the University of Chicago up til 1949."
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