Hard-word dictionaries in 17th-Century England: analysing prefaces and entries

The present workbook consists in a selection of prefaces and vocabulary entries from four 17thcentury hard-word dictionaries, which includes the first three acknowledged dictionaries published in England and a fourth representative from the second half of the century; namely: An English Dictionary (...

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Main Author: Domínguez Rodríguez, María Victoria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Spain Servicio de Publicaciones y Difusión Científica de la ULPGC 2013
Edition:1
Series:Cuadernos para la Docencia 1
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Online Access:Texto completo en Odilo
Table of Contents:
  • RECTOR'S FOREWORD INTRODUCTION UNIT 1. A TABLE ALPHABETICALL (ROBERT CAWDREY, 1604) 1. Preliminary remarks 1.1. Further reading 2. The preface 2.1. Reading comprehension 2.2. Linguistic and lexical features 3. Vocabulary entries 3.1. Analysing headwords and their definitions UNIT 2. AN ENGLISH EXPOSITOR (JOHN BULLOKAR, 1616) 1. Preliminary remarks 1.1. Further reading 2. The preface 2.1. Reading comprehension 2.2. Linguistic and lexical features 3. Vocabulary entries 3.1. Analysing headwords and their definitions UNIT 3. THE ENGLISH DICTIONARIE (HENRY COCKERAM,1623) 1. Preliminary remarks 1.1. Further reading 2. The preface 2.1. Reading comprehension 2.2. Linguistic and lexical features 3. Vocabulary entries 3.1. Analysing headwords and their definitions UNIT 4. AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY (ELISHA COLES, 1676) 1. Preliminary remarks 1.1. Further reading 2. The preface 2.1. Reading comprehension 2.2. Linguistic and lexical features 3. Vocabulary entries 3.1. Analysing headwords and their definitions REFERENCES