Books by Jurgen (formerly Professor of English Literature Schafer

This volume compiles additions and corrections to the OED documentation never before published and discusses in detail lexicographical aspects pertinent to assembling this material.

This book presents a census of printed monolingual glossaries and dictionaries published from 1475 to 1640, together with a systematic bibliographical description of these works. More than 5,000 main entries comprise neologisms, antedatings, post-datings, unregistered senses and corrections.