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Although many articles, theoretical essays, and books have been written about metaphors, little effort has been made to investigate them systematically: as all of language is itself a metaphor (unless one believes in logomancy), one is continually confronted in the compilation of an ordinary dictionary with examples of semantic and linguistic changes (as well as amelioration, pejoration, etc.) that are tantamount to shifts of meaning that, loosely, could be said to be metaphoric.
Useful though that is, the best-known genuine collocations dictionary for English--probably, however, only until the publication of the seriously delayed Words in Use compilation from the Cobuild stable--is undoubtedly the BBI Combinatory Dictionary , by M. Benson, E. Benson, and R. Ilson (Benjamin, 1986).
It is probably true to say that an entire book could be written about this recent period in dictionary development, including not only the reflection of sound linguistic philosophy but the effects of the introduction of computers into the dictionary research, compilation, composition, and accession (as through personal computers to CD-ROMS and diskettes): certainly there is more documented information about it than the period of several hundered years covered in the first fourteen chapters of Chasing the Sun .
The categorizing of urban areas into strata reflects a compilation of ecological factors such as the topographical slope and drainage facilities in the area, the condition of roads, the state of drains and sewerage systems, rubbish collection and other factors.
The New York Times ' Christopher Lehmann-Haupt calls the compilation "fluff," while the New York Review of Books ' Elizabeth Hardwick thinks that its tone suits its subject.
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