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HistoryOfEnglish » FocusAndContent » IdentifyingCentralProblems » Lexicography » JohnsonsDictionary » TheProblemsOfLexicography

The Problems of Lexicography

Compiling a dictionary is never easy and has never been easy. Good evidence for this can be found if one has a closer look at the first three years of work on the Dictionary.


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