| English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners: A History Contributor(s): Cowie, A. P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198235062 ISBN-13: 9780198235064 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $204.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2000 Annotation: This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Dictionaries - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 423.028 |
| LCCN: 99-21395 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.16 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries. |