Fixing Babel an historical anthology of applied lexicography /

"We all think we know what a dictionary is for and how to use one, so most of us skip the first pages-the front matter-and go right to the words we wish to look up. Yet dictionary users have not always known how English "works" and my book reproduces and examines for the first time im...

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Varying form of title:Fixing Babel : an historical anthology of applied English lexicography
Other Authors / Creators:Shapiro, Rebecca, 1966- editor.
Lynch, Jack writer of foreword.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, [2017]
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Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.