Early English Dictionaries in Historical Perspective / Miriam Balmuth.

The first true English dictionary was Robert Cawdrey's "A Table Alphabeticall," published in 1604. Cawdrey's book may be seen as the result of a number of dramatic events that had occurred in the century and a quarter that preceeded it, including the widespread use of the Gutenberg press. Printing b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balmuth, Miriam
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
Subjects:
Diachronic Linguistics.
Dictionaries.
Eighteenth Century Literature.
Lexicography.
Lexicology.
Literary History.
Seventeenth Century Literature.
Social Change.
Social Influences.
Cawdrey (Robert) > Table Alphabeticall
Information Analyses.
Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Genre:
Information Analyses.
Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Physical Description:15 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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