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In the 16th century, medical practitioners had their own body of special terms. This book examines the medical terminology used in a selection of 13 medical works published between 1530 and 1612, and compares it with the treatment of these words in dictionaries of today.

This is a history of dictionaries, from their origins to the computerized compilations of the present. Chapters describe the historical sequence over some 60 years, these alternate with chapters dealing with phraseology, computers and corpus linguistics, and research into dictionary users and uses.

A text-based study of fixed expressions, or idioms, providing an overview of this area of lexis in English. The central argument is that fixed expressions can only be understood when considered together with the texts in which they occur.

Explores the pioneering endeavours in both lexicography and lexicology. Making use of archive material, this collection of twelve essays brings a variety of perspectives to bear upon the OED, and the particular problems posed by the attempt to break ground in its formation.

Drawing on a corpus of data from contemporary novels and from Roget's Thesaurus, Dr Mettinger analyses the meaning relations that hold between antonyms (contrasting word pairs) in English.

Phraseology is a major field of pure and applied research in Western European and North American linguistics. This text consists of contributions from leading specialists who examine the increasingly crucial role played by ready-made word-combinations in language acquisition and adult language use.

Since the 1980s, phraseology has become a major field of pure and applied research in Western European and North American linguistics. This book is made up of contributions from leading specialists who examine the increasingly crucial role played by ready-made word combinations.

When Henry VIII charged John Palsgrave with teaching his sister French, there were no dictionaries or grammars of either French or English. In "Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse" he provided the first bilingual dictionary of the two languages. This book is a detailed study of his achievement.

Diachronic Prototype Semantics is concerned with the theory of explanation of changes in word meaning. The author demonstrates the explanatory value of the prototype model of meaning, in which the distinction between central and peripheral senses of a word is crucial.

The "Oxford English Dictionary" occupies a special place in the history of English, cultural as well as linguistic. This collection of twelve essays sets out to explore the pioneering endeavours in both lexicography and lexicology which led to the making of its first edition.