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Laying the foundations for the first monolingual dictionaries of English, the sixteenth century in English lexicography is here shown to form a bridge between the glossarial compilations which had slowly evolved during the Middle Ages, and the more recognisably modern dictionary incorporating synonymy, illustrative citations and other standard features. The articles collected here treat general lexicography and dictionaries in this period, their uses, and the state of research in this field. The volume also covers a fascinating and diverse collection of lexicographers, from the well known - John Palsgrave, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Elyot and John Florio - to those about whom next to nothing is known - Richard Howlet, John Baret and Peter Levens.

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Roderick McConchie is Lecturer in English at the University of Helsinki, Finland John Considine, Ian Lancashire, Roderick McConchie, Noel Edward Osselton, D.T. Starnes, Gabriele Stein, James Sledd, Louis B. Wright, William A. Craigie, Don Cameron Allen, Allan Stevenson, Werner Hullen, James Sledd, H. Rocke Robertson, Philip M. Teigen, Roberta Facchinetti, Maurizio Gotti, Douglas A. Kibbee, E.R. Adair, Mark Eccles, David O. Frantz, John Abercromby, Vivian Salmon, Gerald Stone, Vera Federovna Konnova, Glanmor Williams.

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