[Lexicog] Dictionaries on Historical Principles

[Shapiro, Fred]

It means that the definitions, spellings, etc. in the dictionary are based on dated, documented citations illustrating the word's usage over time.  Inclusion of archaic and obsolete words and senses is also characteristic of dictionaries on historical principles.

Fred Shapiro
Editor
Yale Book of Quotations (to some extent a quotation dictionary on historical principles)



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From: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com [lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Maxwell [maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu]
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 4:58 PM
To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Lexicog]  Dictionaries on Historical Principles

I give.  What does it mean for a dictionary to be done on "historical
principles"?  That it has etymologies?  That it gives archaic and/or
obsolete words/ senses?

    Mike Maxwell



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