Ashgate critical essays on early english lexicographers: volume 5: the eighteenth century
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780754656944
Date de publication :
18 déc. 2012
Dimensions :
24,4 x 16,9 cm
Poids :
1224 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 title 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.