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Besides Tom McArthur, editor of English Today, and Robert Ilson, editor of The Oxford Journal of Lexicography, I am not sure who of those attending were reviewers of dictionaries, but I think that I can probably say, without fear of contradiction, that I have probably written and continue to write more reviews of English dictionaries (and of other reference books and books on language) than most other people.
A valuable feature of this book is Simes's lengthy introduction devoted to “The Literature of Crime” and “The Language and Lexicography of Crime.”
The tradition began with the influential work of Clarence L. Barnhart, dean of American lexicography, who at the age of 89 is still active in the profession.
Muriel R. Schulz's 1975 essay on the semantic derogation of women leads into a discussion of compiling a Feminist Dictionary against the grain of the authors' view in predominantly male lexicography.
had much to do with the application of modern linguistic theory to lexicography; the list of publications he has edited includes such landmarks as the Dictionary of American English (University of Chicago Press), the Thorndike-Barnhart School Dictionaries series (Scott Foresman; the top-selling school dictionaries in the U.S.), the American College Dictionary (Random House), the New Century Cyclopedia of Names (Appleton-Century-Crofts), and the World Book Dictionary (little known, sadly, but one of the best unabridged dictionaries still being kept current).
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