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Ethnocentrism and the English Dictionary
| Creator | |
| Publisher |
2001
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| ISBN | 0203205715, 9780203205716, 9780415220743, 0415220742,
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| Language |
English
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| Category | |
| Subject | English language -- Lexicography -- History. English language -- Lexicography -- History. English language -- Lexicography. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst00911326 English language -- United States -- Lexicography -- History. Ethnocentrism -- Great Britain. Ethnocentrism -- United States. Ethnocentrism. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst00916081 REFERENCE. -- bisacsh |
Description
This unique work challenges the assumption that dictionaries act as objective records of our language, and instead argues that the English dictionary is a fundamentally ethnocentric work. Using theoretical, historical and empirical analyses, Phil Benson shows how English dictionaries have filtered knowledge through predominantly Anglo-American perspectives. The book includes a major case study of the most recent edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and its treatment of China.