Werner Hüllen

English Dictionaries 800-1700

The Topical Tradition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating study explores the so-called topical, i.e. non-alphabetical, word-lists which appeared between the beginnings of written culture and 1700. A form of early dictionary, these lists followed the influential paradigms of theology, philosophy, and natural history of the time, providing us with evidence on cultural history and linguistic development. Professor Hullen draws on many examples to provide an insight into this lexicographical tradition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 166mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9780198237969
• ISBN-10: 0198237960
• Artikelnr.: 21775600

Inhaltsangabe

A - Opening the Topic
1: The onomasiological approach
2: On establishing a tradition
B - The English Tradition of Onomasiology
3: Hermeneumata, Latin-English glosses and nominales
4: Colloquies, wordbooks, and dialogues for teaching and learning foreign languages
5: Treatises on terminology
6: John Withals' dictionary for young boys (1553)
7: James Howell's dictionary for the genteel (1660)
8: John Wilkins' comprehensive thesaurus of English (1668)
C - The European Scene
9: Multilingual dictionaries and nomenclators
10: The case of Johannes Amos Comenius
D - Reflections on the Topic
11: Towards mental lexicography
Contributors

Rezensionen

Hüllen's book impresses not only by its sheer scope but also by the general fluency of style and breadth of insight. Historiographia Linguistica 34:1