Living Words: Language, Lexicography and the Knowledge Revolution (Exeter Language and Lexicography) - Hardcover

McArthur, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0859896110 ISBN 13: 9780859896115

Verlag: University of Exeter Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

In this unique and entertaining collection of articles, a noted scholar and compiler of key works of reference reflects on the nature of language, the art of lexicography and the breath-taking developments in communication, the media and information technology in the late twentieth century.

This book ranges widely over three main linked subjects: Language at large and in particular English, the most widely used language in the history of the world, The art and study of dictionaries and reference science, embracing all past, present and potential reference materials-from the OED to the Yellow Pages and The processes through which communication, information and knowledge have evolved-from cave art to the personal computer.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tom McArthur is an independent writer, editor, consultant and broadcaster, and editor of English Today: the international review of the English language, the quarterly review published by Cambridge University Press. He is Deputy Director of the Dictionary Research Centre and Honorary University Fellow at the University of Exeter, and General Editor with R.R.K. Hartmann of the series Exeter Language and Lexicography. He has published over 20 books and is the editor of The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Exeter Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0859896110
• ISBN 13: 9780859896115
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 302
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar