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Articles

  1. James Boswell (1740-1795) and his Design for A Dictionary of the Scot[t]ish Language, 1764-1825
  2. James J. Caudle
  3. pp. 1-32
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2011.a464158
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  1. Lex Wrecks: A Tale of Two Latin Dictionaries
  2. Christopher Stray
  3. pp. 66-81
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2011.a464160
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Reference Works in Progress

We are particularly pleased to be able to publish here Susan Rennie’s first detailed account of her rediscovery of Boswell’s long-lost Scottish dictionary. David E. Vancil has contributed a knowledgeable and fascinating picture of seven North American dictionary collections, and Timothy Allen, Robert Morrissey, and Glenn Roe give an account of the Dictionnaire vivant de la langue française

  1. Boswell's Scottish Dictionary Rediscovered
  2. Susan Rennie
  3. pp. 94-110
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  1. Seven North American Dictionary Collections
  2. David E. Vancil
  3. pp. 111-128
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2011.a464163
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  1. Re-imagining French Lexicography: The Dictionnaire vivant de la langue française
  2. Timothy Allen, Robert Morrissey, Glenn Roe
  3. pp. 129-143
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2011.a464164
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  1. Richard W. Bailey, in memoriam
  2. Michael Adams
  3. pp. 144-157
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2011.a464165
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Obituary

  1. OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word (review)
  2. John Algeo
  3. pp. 158-162
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Book Reviews

  1. Macmillan Collocations Dictionary (review)
  2. Don R. McCreary
  3. pp. 163-167
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  1. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries, Volume IV: 1937-1984 (review)
  2. Hugh Rawson
  3. pp. 168-171
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  1. Dictionaries in Spanish and English from 1554 to 1740: Their Structure and Development (review)
  2. Carmen Cazorla Vivas
  3. pp. 172-174
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  1. Words in Dictionaries and History: Essays in Honour of R. W. McConchie (review)
  2. Traci Nagle
  3. pp. 175-178
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  1. The Bishop's Grammar: Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism in English (review)
  2. Lisa Berglund
  3. pp. 179-181
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  1. Thematic Index to Articles, Numbers 1-32, 1979-2011
  2. pp. 182-230
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2011.a464166
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  1. Notes on Contributors
  2. pp. 231-234
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