Fwd: Research idea - dictionaries

[Jeff Prucher]

Henri Bejoint has a couple books that might pertain: _Modern Lexicography:  An Introduction_ and _The Lexicograph of English_. Also, Oxford UP's "Oxford Linguistics" series includes a number of books about lexicography.

Jeff Prucher


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>a question from from a colleague.  suggestions i can pass on?
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>> This brilliant doctoral student ... just wrote me with a quick =
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>> Do you know of any good critical studies of dictionaries? Dictionaries =
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>> I think I have a seed of a research idea, still trying to formulate...
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