TY - BOOK ID - 16468207 TI - The history of lexicography : papers from the Dictionary research centre seminar at Exeter, March 1986 AU - Hartmann, Reinhard Rudolf Karl AU - Dictionary research centre seminar : ( (1986 : Exeter) PY - 1986 VL - 40 SN - 9027245231 9027286345 9786613093004 1283093006 9789027245236 PB - Amsterdam: Benjamins, DB - UniCat KW - Lexicography KW - History KW - Congresses. KW - Lexicology. Semantics KW - Linguistics KW - -Encyclopedias and dictionaries KW - -Congresses KW - Lexicographie KW - Congresses KW - Histoire KW - Congrè€s KW - -History KW - Encyclopedias and dictionaries KW - History&delete& KW - Lexicographie. Histoire. (Congrès) KW - Lexicografie. Geschiedenis. (Congres) KW - Lexicography - History - Congresses UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16468207 AB - Most dictionaries have forerunners, and all have imitators; an understanding of the historical foundations of dictionary-making is therefore one of the preconditions of further progress in academic lexicography. The papers in this volume, which were presented at the 1986 Exeter Seminar, survey most of the lexicographical traditions in the world, some tracing them right back to their beginnings. The programme was divided into eight sessions, with the following concentrations of topics: (1) three classical traditions, (2) the early history of European lexicography, (3) the beginnings of English ER -