English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners: A History

ISBN-13: 9780199250844 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str.

A. P. Cowie; Anthony Paul Cowie

Opis

This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries.

Recenzje

I would recommend every teacher of English to read this book

O autorze

A. P. Cowie is Honorary Reader in Lexicography at the School of English, University of Leeds. He originally trained as an EFL teacher in London, and taught English in Nigeria before becoming an English language specialist at the British Council. A. P. Cowie was a co-editor of the third edition and chief editor of the fourth edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, and is currently editor of the International Journal of Lexicography, published by Oxford University Press.