English dictionaries as cultural mines
By: edited by Roberta Facchinetti
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781443836470
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries; History and criticism; Lexicography
Description: Discusses "the role of dictionaries in the identification and expression of cultural aspects in language, with special reference to English. As such, its eleven chapters have been arranged to focus on general, genre-specific, monolingual and bilingual lexicography, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective"--Cover, page [4].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.