Early Modern English Lexicography

This two-volume study presents for the first time a census of printed monolingual glossaries and dictionaries published from 1475-1640 as well as a systematic bibliographical description of these works. The volumes are designed as a specialized preliminary examination of the growth and development of English lexicography in the Early Modern English period. Sch?fer includes lemmatical material listed alphabetically and documented according to the criteria of the Oxford English Dictionary additions and corrections never before published and detailed explanations of how the material was assembled lexigraphically. In addition more than 5000 main entries comprise neologisms antedatings post-datings unregistered senses additional citations and corrections. Sch?fer discusses in detail the question of lexical transmission through sources overlooked in the OED.