![]() Text: a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order If you look up the word “dictionary” in the Merriam Webster’s online thesaurus you will get the following information: It is based on the idea of standardising the language (Johnson’s dictionary was very successful and it was the basis for all following dictionaries. ![]() The next huge step in the history of dictionaries was Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language which was published in 1755. It grew with the help of the people, and so in 1691 he brought out his second and enlarged edition. ![]() People all over the country liked it and so they send him local terms to help him with his work. It included thousand “hard” words which had become common in English (In 1674 the first dictionary of dialect words was produced by John Ray. In 1604 Robert Cawdry brought out the Table Alphabetical. The idea of an English-English dictionary first came out when language purists thought that the English language was in danger of being taken over by foreign languages. There was no need for a monolingual dictionary because in that time a lot of foreign words made their way into “standard” English. Galfridus Grammaticus created the Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum, which was the first Latin – English dictionary (Until the 16th century most of the produced dictionaries were bilingual, because the emphasis of dictionaries lay on translating foreign words into English. In the 10th century Abbot/Elfric produced a Latin grammar book which included a short Latin English dictionary (The first bilingual dictionary was produced in 1440. These collections were a great help for students because they were not only a list of words, but also a sort of dictionary for them. The custom of making collections of glossaries, called glossarium or glossary grew up in the 8th century, and caused the appearance of the first dictionary. The word “engine” was chosen for all examples to demonstrate the main differences between the different types of dictionaries 2) A short overview of the history of dictionaries It also provides the explanation of certain types of specialized dictionaries which seemed interesting and important to the author. This paper also contains a list of good monolingual and bilingual dictionaries with some sample pages. ![]() Dictionaries can help everyone to better understand the own language, or languages one is learning. This paper is to inform not only students but also the general public who is interested in dictionaries about the use of dictionaries, as well as the many different types and kinds of dictionaries that are available to them. Some of them don’t even know that there are different types of dictionaries, although the knowledge of how a term can be best found in the appropriate dictionary is an aid for academic research and will be helpful on their future job. Most students don’t know how different types of dictionaries can be used. 2) A short overview of the history of dictionariesĨ) Different types of specialized dictionaries ![]()
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