Can anyone give me a website where I can have access to the full text of Webster's Introduction to his 1828 An American Dictionary of the English Language? ...
Sidney Landau
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Jul 5, 2008 12:00 am
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Sidney, According to the Wikipedia entry, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language ... The 1828...
Sidney, After your post and my not too helpful reply, I dove into your query, and, even though I could not find the complete e-text of the intro (I have since ...
Vero, Thanks. There is a CD purportedly containing the entire 1828 dictionary produced by a Christian organization. After I had ordered and paid for it I...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Jul 5, 2008 4:07 pm
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Dear Members It is now July and the closing date for submission of abstracts for the Australex 2008 conference is August 30. We welcome presentations on all ...
Dianne Bardsley
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Jul 8, 2008 10:23 pm
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re Jackson & Hellyer. 1914 A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang: Is there any evidence that Jackson may have cribbed earlier sources? j p maher [Non-text portions of...
jpmaher
jpmaher@...
Jul 9, 2008 2:43 pm
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Via the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt website https://www.hmhpub.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=433&CurrentPage=1 or via Monster.com ...
The Scottish Language Dictionaries program has had its funding withdrawn by the Scottish Arts Council. SLD, a charity, is responsible for the Dictionary of the...
Hello all: I'm posting this on behalf of a colleague and I don't know any more about it than you see here. if you're interested or know someone who is, contact...
Dear all, Some of you are probably aware of this by now. We received the following message from Ed's wife Marion last week: Edward Gates had extensive heart...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Aug 11, 2008 7:44 pm
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Can you recommend a good, up-to-date bilingual, bidirectional Spanish- English, English-Spanish dictionary that gives good coverage to Puerto Rican, Dominican,...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Aug 21, 2008 1:33 am
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... Velazquez Spanish and English Dictionary is probably one of the best, especially if you are looking for Puerto Rican and Dominican Spanish....
He will be sorely missed. I have been in touch with Alexandra; if you would like an address for condolence cards (the family requests no flowers, please) email...
The Dictionary Society of North America is offering its annual award for research and study in lexicography. The Award will support one or more lexicographical...
I'm forwarding the following inquiry about freelancers for Oxford UP; please contact them directly. We are looking for freelance lexicographers in the US who...
I am forwarding information about a fellowship in Latin lexicography from the American Philological Association. LB Lisa Berglund, Ph.D. English Department ...
Dear DSNA members, The Int'l Journal of Lexicography has provided free access to DSNA members to the recent special issue; please see details at the end of ...
Sorry for the short notice, but I just realized that NYC-area DSNA members might be interested in this show. Johnny Carrera is, of course, the artist behind...
The weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 13-14, has an article about the five essential reference books for a home library. #1 is the World...
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro@...
Sep 14, 2008 6:44 pm
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Does anyone have a current address (postal or e-mail) for Mike Agnes? Thanks, Joan...
Joan H. Hall
jdhall@...
Sep 17, 2008 3:59 pm
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According to the Telegraph, "Bebo founder celebrates death of the print dictionary with online video version Wordia." The Telegraph's website also has a link...
Hi, members. The idea of a dictionary in action (apparently wordia has a handle on teaching methods) was so intriguing, I'm still smiling about it. As a...
A column in the Times discussing how the Internet is shaping lexicography: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/a ...
I am forwarding a request from John Robertson, a new DSNA member who is seeking help with a lexicography project. If you are interested, please contact Mr....
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:14:19 -0400 From: John Overholt <overholt@...> Subject: CFP: Johnson at 300, A Houghton Library Symposium Houghton...
Michael Hancher
mh@...
Sep 24, 2008 2:14 am
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'Words, Texts, and Dictionaries' For the first time ever a One-day conference will be held by Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (the University of Wales historical ...
"A niddering act?" They are, some would argue, linguistic recrement. Their caducity should be recognized and abstergent measures should be taken to expunge...