THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY
IN THE FALL OF 1982 the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (DNE) arrived in bookshops. It was the culmination of about 30 years of effort on the part of George Story, William Kirwin and John Widdowson, and was the greatest single work of Newfoundland scholarship of the twentieth century. Elsewhere (...
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ftmemunijournals:oai:journals.library.mun.ca:article/974 2024-06-09T07:47:48+00:00 THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY Webb, Jeff A. 2014-01-09 application/pdf http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/RLS/article/view/974 eng eng Memorial University of Newfoundland http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/RLS/article/view/974/864 http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/RLS/article/view/974 Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland; No. 24 (2013) 0079-9335 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2014 ftmemunijournals 2024-05-16T04:02:03Z IN THE FALL OF 1982 the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (DNE) arrived in bookshops. It was the culmination of about 30 years of effort on the part of George Story, William Kirwin and John Widdowson, and was the greatest single work of Newfoundland scholarship of the twentieth century. Elsewhere (Webb 2012) I have traced the origins and evolution of the lexicographic project that culminated in the DNE. In this essay, I highlight several little-known aspects of the history of this book during the period that Story, Kirwin and Widdowson prepared the manuscript for the publisher. Although they continued to collect data, by the mid 1970s most of their effort was devoted to editing the dictionary, negotiating the publication process, and preparing the introduction. The DNE was received with enthusiasm by academic reviewers and the public alike, something which the authors did not know would happen as they prepared their text. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Electronic Journals Webb ENVELOPE(146.867,146.867,-67.867,-67.867) |
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IN THE FALL OF 1982 the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (DNE) arrived in bookshops. It was the culmination of about 30 years of effort on the part of George Story, William Kirwin and John Widdowson, and was the greatest single work of Newfoundland scholarship of the twentieth century. Elsewhere (Webb 2012) I have traced the origins and evolution of the lexicographic project that culminated in the DNE. In this essay, I highlight several little-known aspects of the history of this book during the period that Story, Kirwin and Widdowson prepared the manuscript for the publisher. Although they continued to collect data, by the mid 1970s most of their effort was devoted to editing the dictionary, negotiating the publication process, and preparing the introduction. The DNE was received with enthusiasm by academic reviewers and the public alike, something which the authors did not know would happen as they prepared their text. |
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Webb, Jeff A. THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY |
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THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY |
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THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY |
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THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY |
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THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY |
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THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH: AN EPISODE IN BOOK HISTORY |
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dictionary of newfoundland english: an episode in book history |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland |
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2014 |
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http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/RLS/article/view/974 |
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Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland; No. 24 (2013) 0079-9335 |
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