The Evolution Of English Lexicography
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781419161490
Subjects: Reference works; Dictionaries - General; Reference
First sentence: When the 'Act to facilitate the provision of Allotment for the Labouring Classes' was before the House of Commons in 1887, a well-known member for a northern constituency asked the Minister who had charge of the measure for a definition of the term allotment, which occurred so often in the Bill.