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The eighteenth century is renowned for the publication of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language, which reference sources still call the first English dictionary. This collection demonstrates the inaccuracy of that claim, but its tenacity in the public mind testifies to how decisively Johnson formed our sense of what a dictionary is. The essays and articles in this volume examine the already flourishing tradition of English lexicography from which Johnson drew, as represented by Kersey, Bailey, and Martin, as well as the flourishing contemporary trade in encyclopedic, technical, pronunciation, and bilingual lexicons.

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'Anne C. McDermott does a masterful job of guiding readers through the complicated history and development of 18th-century lexicography' 18th Century Intelligencer

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Anne C. McDermott is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham, UK.

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