Format:
XIII, 282 S.
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Ill
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24 cm
ISBN:
019963940X
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9780199639403
Series Statement:
Oxford linguistics
Content:
"This is the first full account of the making of John Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. The dictionary was published in two volumes in 1808, with a two-volume Supplement following in 1825. Lists of Scots words had been compiled before, but Jamieson's was the first complete dictionary of the language. It was a landmark in the development of historical lexicography and was an inspiration for later lexicographers, including Sir James Murray, founding editor of the OED. Susan Rennie's account of Jamieson's work and the methods he developed interweaves biography, lexicography, and linguistic, social, and book history to present a rounded account of the man, his work, and his times. It is the first study to draw on Jamieson's correspondence and the surviving manuscript materials for the dictionary and dupplement to reveal Jamieson's working methods and the important contributions made by Sir Walter Scott and others to his work."--Publisher's website
Content:
"This is the first full account of the making of John Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. The dictionary was published in two volumes in 1808, with a two-volume Supplement following in 1825. Lists of Scots words had been compiled before, but Jamieson's was the first complete dictionary of the language. It was a landmark in the development of historical lexicography and was an inspiration for later lexicographers, including Sir James Murray, founding editor of the OED. Susan Rennie's account of Jamieson's work and the methods he developed interweaves biography, lexicography, and linguistic, social, and book history to present a rounded account of the man, his work, and his times. It is the first study to draw on Jamieson's correspondence and the surviving manuscript materials for the dictionary and dupplement to reveal Jamieson's working methods and the important contributions made by Sir Walter Scott and others to his work."--Publisher's website
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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'A man of Letters' -- Models and Rivals -- The Dictionary Takes Shape -- 'The Pulse of the Public': promotion and publication -- Inside the Dictionary -- Revision and Collaboration: the Abridgement and Supplement -- After Jamieson.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rennie, Susan Jamieson's dictionary of Scots Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012 ISBN 9780191741920
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Jamieson, John 1759-1838 An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language
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