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1 online resource (416 pages) |
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English language |
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Latin language |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Sir Thomas Elyot's Latin-English dictionary, published in 1538, became the leading work of its kind in England. In this book Gabriele Stein describes this pioneering work, exploring its inner structure and workings, its impact on contemporary scholarship, and its later influence. The author opens with an account of Elyot's life and publications. Sir Thomas Elyot (c. 1490-1546) was a humanist scholar and intellectual ally of Sir Thomas More. He was employed by Thomas Cromwell in diplomatic and official capacities that did more to impoverish than enrich him, and he sought to increase his income with writing. His treatise on moral philosophy, 'The Boke named the Governour', was published in 1531 and dedicated to Henry VIII. His popular treatise on medicine, 'The Castell of Helth', went through seventeen editions. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Linking lemma and gloss in Old and Middle English word lists Elyot's linking of lemma and gloss ; Juxtaposition, punctuation, fonts ; Wh -links ; Verb links ; 6: Authorial Reference Points ; First person pronouns ; Names of relationship ; Verbs ; Situational context specifications ; Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs ; Explicit contrasts ; Third person pronouns ; Forms corresponding to Modern English someone ; Forms corresponding to Modern English one ; Forms corresponding to Modern English people ; Forms corresponding to Modern English something |
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Form corresponding to Modern English anything Forms corresponding to Modern English everything ; 7: Translating and Explaining Headwords: Elyot's Predecessors ; The Medulla grammatice ; The Ortus vocabulorum ; The Promptorium parvulorum ; The Catholicon Anglicum ; Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse ; 8: Translating and Explaining Headwords: Elyot's Practice ; 9: Elyot's Achievement as a Lexicographer ; 10: Elyot's Dictionary: Impact and Influence ; Bibliography ; Index |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
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Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546. |
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Latin language -- Dictionaries -- English -- Early works to 1800.
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Latin language -- Dictionaries. |
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Early works to 1800 |
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English language -- Dictionaries -- Latin -- Early works to 1800.
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English language. |
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Dictionaries.
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Lexicographers -- Great Britain.
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Lexicographers. |
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Great Britain. |
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Electronic books.
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Early works.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stein. Sir Thomas Elyot as lexicographer 9780199683192 (OCoLC)833405115 |
| ISBN |
9780191506185 (electronic book) |
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0191506184 (electronic book) |
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130642626X (e-book) |
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9781306426268 (e-book) |
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9780191763205 |
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0191763209 |
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9780199683192 |
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0199683190 |
| Standard No. |
60001888296 |
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