Lexicography

Past Lexicography Lectures

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From dictionary user to amateur lexicographer: Possibilities of on-line searches
Costas Gabrielatos
Monday 23 March 2009

From online dictionaries to Wikipedia: the World Wide Web presents a domain where words are invented, refined and defined on an...

Lexicography, Unusual
After 150 years: The topicality of Roget's Thesaurus
Dr L John Old
Monday 16 March 2009

The first thesaurus was created by Dr Peter Mark Roget in 1805.

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Lexicography, Unusual
The Meaning of Everything: The history of the Oxford English Dictionary
Professor Charlotte Brewer
Monday 9 March 2009

The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains over 600,000...

Lexicography, Unusual
A history of the dictionary: Dr Johnson, I presume?
Henry Hitchings
Monday 2 March 2009

Johnson's early life was beset by ill health; his eyesight and hearing were poor throughout his life. Poverty obliged him to leave...

Literature, Lexicography

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