| English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners: A History Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cowie, A. P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199250847 ISBN-13: 9780199250844 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2002 Annotation: This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 423.028 |
| LCCN: 99021395 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.18" W x 9.58" (0.80 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries. |