<p class="description">Do, or should, dictionaries control language? How do they treat language change, both now and in the past? Which words do dictionaries leave out - and on what grounds? Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very Short Intr
Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction
โ Scribed by Lynda Mugglestone
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Very Short Introductions
- Category
- Library
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