TY - BOOK ID - 77920988 TI - Words and dictionaries from the British Isles in historical perspective AU - Considine, John AU - Iamartino, Giovanni. PY - 2007 SN - 1282190970 9786612190971 1443807214 9781847181688 1847181686 9781443807210 PB - Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Lexicography KW - Encyclopedias and dictionaries KW - History. KW - Germanic languages UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77920988 AB - Words and dictionaries from the British Isles in historical perspective brings together a wide range of current work on English-language lexicography and lexicology by a team of twelve contributors working in England, continental Europe, and North America. Fredric Dolezal's opening essay offers a provocative discussion of how the history of English lexicography has been, and might in the future be, written. The next four papers deal with the medieval and early modern periods: Carter Hailey i... ER -