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PREFACE Dictionaries welcomes essays, notes, and reviews concerned with monolingual and bilingual lexicography, including proposals for new dictionaries, reports describing dictionaries in progress, and a range of historical studies of dictionaries and the lexicographers who made them. Our audience includes professional dictionary-makers, book collectors, scholars interested in lexicography, and a wide range of readers whose curiosity encompasses dictionaries and their role in the language culture ofthe communities that produced them. Before submitting completed essays, contributors are advised to provide the Editor with a brief outline or abstract of the proposed submission. The journal is published annually, and the Editor will advise contributors of the likelihood of their work appearing in the next forthcoming issue. Articles and reviews in English or French will be considered for publication. All finished contributions should be submitted in duplicate on standard 8j X 11 bond paper and be accompanied by sufficient postage to allow their return to the author. Matters of format and citation should follow the principles of the MLA Handbook (New York: The Modern Language Association, 1977). Ifspecial typefaces, illustrations, or reproductions of printed books are to be included, authors should consult the Editor at an early stage to ensure that the best quality reproduction can be obtained. The Editor, assisted by the publications committee and invited referees, will inform contributors promptly of the acceptance or rejection of a proposed article or review. Whenever possible, a critique of the submission will be provided. Contributors should recognize the variety ofour readers by clarifying technical terms or historical details; they should also understand that excellence of style is always expected. Quotation ofthe work ofothers must be accurate and accompanied by a complete citation in the style described in the MLA Handbook. All contributors are expected to be members of the Dictionary Society of North America during the year in which their submissions are published. All published contributions will be copyrighted by the Society. Fees received for reprintings will be divided equally between the author and the Society. Offprints will not be provided but the Society will allow reproduction of an author's contribution for professional or classroom use. In the preparation of this issue of Dictionaries, Robin Melanie Fosheim and I have tested yet another technology by using the direct typesetting services ofTextset, Inc. We believe that it achieves a high standard of accuracy; issue no. 4 was composed by a different approach, and, we regret to say, was marred by errors. For the budget that allowed our new method to be employed, we thank the many new members who joined the Society in 1983, and for attracting their interest, we are grateful to William Safire of the New York Times. All members of the Society —whether new or old—are invited to submit or suggest essays and reviews for publications in Dictionaries. Richard W. Bailey Department of English The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Vl ...

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