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Cowie, Anthony Paul,

English dictionaries for foreign learners : a history / A. P. Cowie. - Reprint edition. - xii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford linguistics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.


This is a history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their origins in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s, to the computerized compilations of the present. Initially research-driven, the dictionary has become user-driven.

ISBN: 9780199250844

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Lexicography.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers --History.

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Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 423.028 / COW