Lexicography and Physicke: The Record of Sixteenth-Century English Medical Terminology / Edition 4

by R. W. McConchie

Overview

Medical practitioners of the sixteenth century had their own body of special terms, just like the doctors of this century. McConchie here examines medical terminology used in a selection of thirteen medical works published between 1530 and 1612, and compares it with the treatment of these words in the OED and other dictionaries of today. His study reveals errors, omissions, and biases that raise important questions for lexicographical tools in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198236306
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/04/1997
Series:	Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.13(d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)