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Why do large historical dictionaries give so much pleasure to their owners and users
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Considine, John |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Abstract | Daunting or repulsive as some of their users find them, large historical dictionaries have also given their owners and users real pleasure. Drawing on evidence from early users of the Oxford English Dictionary by way of example, this paper sets out to examine this pleasure. It discusses simple pride in ownership, highly selective use, patriotic interest in the dictionary as a monument to the history of the English-speaking nations, the simple readerly pleasure of browsing in it, and the more sophisticated experience of intertextual and interactive readings. A brief discussion of the possible electronic future of the dictionary concludes by pointing out the nontrivial relationship between the pleasure which has been derived from it and its physical form as a set of books. |
| Starting Page | 579 |
| Ending Page | 587 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.euralex.org/elx_proceedings/Euralex1998_2/John%20CONSIDINE%20Why%20do%20large%20historical%20dictionaries%20give%20so%20much%20pleasure%20to%20their%20owners%20and%20users.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://euralex.org/wp-content/themes/euralex/proceedings/Euralex%201998%20Part%202/John%20CONSIDINE%20Why%20do%20large%20historical%20dictionaries%20give%20so%20much%20pleasure%20to%20their%20owners%20and%20users.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
