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Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very Short Introduction, Lynda Mugglestone shows that all dictionaries are partial and all are selective--human products that reflect the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written. Indeed, Dictionaries exist not only as works which seek to document language, but also as cultural documents that are connected to the world in which they were produced. Exploring common beliefs about dictionaries, providing behind-the-scenes glimpses of dictionary makers at work, and confronting the problems of how a word is to be defined, Mugglestone shows that dictionaries are always, and inevitably, more than the crafting of a simple list of words. Concluding with a look at the range of modern dictionaries, from online dictionaries such as urbandictionary.com or wictionary to txt-spk and slang, she reveals the controversial nature of the debates about communication and language, showing that only in written and spoken English does the language of dictionaries exist in full.

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  • Title Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction
  • Author Lynda Mugglestone
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publication date 2011-09-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780199573790 / 0199573794
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.85 x 4.5 x 0.35 in (17.40 x 11.43 x 0.89 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Encyclopedias and dictionaries - History and, Lexicography - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 413

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Lynda Mugglestone is Professor of the History of English at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

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