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This book describes the historical development of modern dictionaries that treat each word in isolation, and puts forward a new approach to lexicography which contrasts the meanings and functions of words. Written in an easy and accessible style, it will spark lively debate within the fields of lexicography and English linguistics.
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The Unmasking of English Dictionaries, Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- The Unmasking of English Dictionaries
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1108433340
- ISBN13
- 9781108433341
- Description
- This book describes the historical development of modern dictionaries that treat each word in isolation, and puts forward a new approach to lexicography which contrasts the meanings and functions of words. Written in an easy and accessible style, it will spark lively debate within the fields of lexicography and English linguistics.