Forgotten but important lexicographers: John Wilkins and William Lloyd : a modern approach to lexicography before Johnson /

Forgotten But Important Lexicographers: John Wilkins and William Lloyd: A Modern Approach to Lexicography Before Johnson (Lexicographica. Series Maior)

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Main Authors: Dolezal, Fredric
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin :
Publication Dates: 2011.
©1985
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Lexicographica. series maior ; volume 4
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783111340630
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Summary: Forgotten But Important Lexicographers: John Wilkins and William Lloyd: A Modern Approach to Lexicography Before Johnson (Lexicographica. Series Maior)
Item Description: Description based upon print version of record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(viii, 123 pages) : illustrations, forms.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-123).
ISBN: 9783111340630 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: PE1611
CLC: H06-09
Contents: CHAPTER FOUR: A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF DEFINITION: COMPARISONS WITH JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY4.0 The General Method; 4.1 The Dictionary and the Tables; 4.2 The Lexicographical Meta-language; 4.3 The Self-defining Lexicon; 4.4 Circularity of Definition in the AD and in Johnson's Dictionary; 4.5 Further Comparisons; 4.6 General Concluding Remarks; APPENDIX I; LITERATURE.
INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: AN OVERVIEW AND SELECT ANALYSES OF THE ESSAY; 1.0 General Introduction; 1.1 Organization of the Essay; 1.2 Biographical Data; CHAPTER TWO: LEXICOGRAPHICAL GENEALOGY; 2.0 Plan of the Chapter; 2.1 The Method of Analysis; 2.2 Some Generalizations; 2.3 Presentation of the Data; CHAPTER THREE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF ENTRIES; 3.0 Uniform Construction; 3.1 Key to Abbreviations in the Dictionary; 3.2 An Explication of the Dictionary; 3.3 Semiotics of the Dictionary; 3.4 The Method of Lexical Description; 3.5 Lexical Definition.