Description: Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples : With Special Reference to Examplifying Usage in Dictionary Entries, Paperback by Miyoshi, Kusujiro, ISBN 3484391324, ISBN-13 9783484391321, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Miyoshi clarifies Noah Webster's use of quoted and made-up verbal examples to demonstrate usage in his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) in relation to his view of the language and the historical background in which he compiled his dictionary. To this end, he compares his verbal examples to those by his his British counterpart Samuel Johnson in his Dictionary of the English Language (1755). He also looks at how the respective historical backgrounds of the two lexicographers influenced their use of examples. The study began as his . dissertation at the University of Exeter. Niemeyer is an imprint of Walter de Gruyter and Company. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples : With Special Reference
Number of Pages: 236 Pages
Publication Name: Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples : With Special Reference to Exemplifying Usage in Dictionary Entries
Language: English
Publisher: Verlag Max Factory Niemeyer
Subject: Vocabulary, Lexicography, General, Literary, Linguistics / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2007
Item Weight: 16.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 6.7 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
Author: Kusujiro Miyoshi
Series: Lexicographica. Series Maior Ser.
Item Width: 9.4 in
Format: Hardcover
