English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners: A History
This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries.
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This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries.
Introduction The Genesis of the Learners Dictionary Phraseology in the Leaners Dictionary The Second Generation of Leaners Dictionaries The Role of the Computer in Learner Lexicography The Third Generation of Learners Dictionaries Focus on the Dictionary User References Index
