The Unmasking of English Dictionaries
Author:   R. M. W. Dixon (James Cook University, North Queensland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   272
Publication Date:   25 January 2018
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The Unmasking of English Dictionaries


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Author:   R. M. W. Dixon (James Cook University, North Queensland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781108433341


ISBN 10:   1108433340
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   25 January 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Prologue: the work in advance; 1. How the language is made up; 2. What a dictionary needs to do; 3. Semantic set: finish, cease, and stop; 4. Explaining hard words; 5. Putting everything in; 6. Semantic set: big and little, large and small; 7. Spreading wings; 8. Semantic organisation; 9. Semantic set: fast, quick, rapid, swift, slow, and speed; 10. No need to keep re-inventing the wheel; 11. The nineteenth century; 12. Semantic set: want, wish (for), and desire; 13. The role of grammar; 14. Standing still; 15. The way forward.

Reviews

Advance praise: 'An engaging, provocative and at times amusing examination of English dictionaries and their history. Lexicographers will not agree with points in Professor Dixon's program for a new sort of dictionary, but they would go amiss if they ignore him completely.' Jim Rader, Senior Editor, Merriam-Webster, Inc.


'An engaging, provocative and at times amusing examination of English dictionaries and their history. Lexicographers will not agree with points in Professor Dixon's program for a new sort of dictionary, but they would go amiss if they ignore him completely.' Jim Rader, Senior Editor, Merriam-Webster, Inc.


Author Information

R. M. W. Dixon is Professor and Deputy Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University, North Queensland and a Fellow of the British Academy. His books include Australian Aboriginal words in English; their origin and meaning (2nd ed, 1995); A semantic approach to English grammar (2nd ed, 2005) and Making new words; morphological derivation in English (2014) He is the author of the classic three-volume text Basic linguistic theory (2010-2012), and has published grammars of languages from Amazonia and Fiji, and of several of the original languages of Australia.

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