My Account
Log in Registration
All
Cart
Highlights
Fiction Books
Non-Fiction Books
Children's Books
Rare Books
Music
DVD & Blu-Ray
Video Games
Category
Wishlists
Cart
All
Free US shipping over $10
Trustpilot
Proud to be B-Corp

Lexicography and the OED Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, University of Oxford)

Lexicography and the OED By Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, University of Oxford)

Lexicography and the OED by Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, University of Oxford)

Reviews:
$220.69
Condition - New
Only 2 left
New

Summary

Explores the pioneering endeavours in both lexicography and lexicology. Making use of archive material, this collection of twelve essays brings a variety of perspectives to bear upon the OED, and the particular problems posed by the attempt to break ground in its formation.

Lexicography and the OED Summary

Lexicography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest by Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, University of Oxford)

Lexicography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest sets out to explore the pioneering endeavours in both lexicography and lexicology which led to the making of the first English dictionary published by Oxford. Deliberately conceived as a new departure in English lexicography, the first OED, as James Murray stressed, was to be founded on an unequivocal return to first principles, both in the nature of its construction and in the evidence amassed for its compilation. It also produced, as this book shows, a host of problems: on the nature of Englishness, correctness, and general standards of language use, as well as in aspects of pronunciation, semantics, and syntax. Often making use of previously unpublished archive material, this collection of twelve essays provides both a range of perspectives from which the dictionary can be approached, and also explores the particular problems posed by the attempt to realize the pioneering acts of lexicography integral to the making of the dictionary.

Lexicography and the OED Reviews

...this collection gives some fascinating insights into the making of the OED and is an essential reading for lexicographers and students of English (historical) linguistics. * Marcus Callies, eLanguage *
An excellently integrated and fascinating collection of essays dealing with aspects of the compilation of the OED. * Years Work in English Studies *
Dr Mugglestone is to be congratulated on bringing together an international team of experts and producing such a coherent volume of consistent excellence ... Penny Silva's fine essay, 'Time and Meaning: Sense and Definition in the OED', may be taken as representative. This chapter should be required reading for every dictionary editor. * Notes and Queries *
This carefully edited and printed collection will be an invaluable work of reference for lexicophiles. * International Journal of Lexicography *
This is a rich and scholarly volume, based on hitherto unexploited documentary resources relating to the OED. It not only gives unusually fresh glimpses into the early history of this work, but also sets out an agenda of issues relevant to anyone concerned with dictionaries and dictionary-making. * The Review of English Studies *
This study is an essential acquisition for lexicographers, language scholars and researchers. Indeed, anyone with a passion for the English language and a basic knowledge of the history of the OED will find much of interest within these pages. * Richard Boyle, Times Higher Education Supplement *
Lexicography and the OED justifiably claims to be 'the most wide-ranging account yet published of the creation of one of the great canonical works of the 20th century. * Richard Boyle, Times Higher Education Supplement *

About Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, University of Oxford)

Lynda Mugglestone is Fellow in English Language and Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford, and News International Lecturer in Language and Communication. She has written widely on nineteenth-century language and associated issues-literary and linguistic, as well as lexicographic.

Table of Contents

1. Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest ; 2. Making the OED ; 3. OED Sources ; 4. Murray and his European Counterparts ; 5. Time and Meaning ; 6. The Compass of the Vocabulary ; 7. Words and Word-Formation ; 8. OED and the Earlier History of English ; 9. The Vocabulary of Science in the OED ; 10. Pronunciation in the OED ; 11. An Historian not a Critic ; 12. This Unique and Peerless Specimen ; Appendix 1. OED Sections and Parts ; Appendix 2. OED Personalia ; Appendix 3. The OED and the Public

Additional information

NPB9780198237846
9780198237846
0198237847
Lexicography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest by Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, University of Oxford)
Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of the History of English, University of Oxford)
Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology
New
Hardback
Oxford University Press
2000-02-17
298
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Lexicography and the OED