num_pages: 525
description: From Sumerian clay tablets 4500 years ago to today's CDROMs, the evolution of lexicography is colorful. Explore its history thru the quirks &amp; biases of the lexicographers who influenced English.IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionThe first lexicographers &amp; the first "dictionaries"The middle ages: putting it in order The move from Latin Vulgar tongues Slang: part 1The seventeenth century: hard wordsThe seventeenth century: variations &amp; themesThe early eighteenth century Samuel Johnson: the pivotal moment America: the years before Webster America: Noah Webster &amp; Joseph WorcesterThe new philology The New English Dictionary Slang: part 2The modern worldNotesBibliographyIndex
language: English
title: Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made
titlecomplete: Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made
genres: Books About Books, Linguistics, Nonfiction, Language, History
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Henry Holt & Company (NY)