Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction

Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very Short Introduction Lynda Mugglestone takes a look at how dictionaries are made, considering how they reflect the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written.

• | By (Author): Lynda (Professor Of The History Of English, Pembroke College, University Of Oxford) Mugglestone
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 18, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199573794
• | ISBN-13: 9780199573790