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oup-usa.org>Title: English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners Subtitle: A History Series Title: An Arnold Publication Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Oxford University Press http://www.oup-usa.org/ Book URL: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0198235062.html Author: A. P. Cowie, University of Leeds Hardback: ISBN: 0198235062, Pages: 240 pp, Price: $95.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0199250847, Pages: 240 pp, Price: $24.95 Abstract: This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920's to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries. Lingfield(s): History of Linguistics Subject Language(s): English (Language code: ENG) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue