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Linguistics Terminology and Neologisms in Swahili: Rules vs. Practice 斯瓦希里语语言学术语和新词:规则与实践

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2020-05-15 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2020.0006

Gilles-Maurice de Schryver

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Etymology and the Doctrine of Correctness: Word Meaning in Dictionaries of English Usage 词源与正确主义:《英语用法词典》中的词义

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0015

Don Chapman

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Usage in the Lexicography of Italian: Two Viewpoints and a Few Basic Reflections 意大利语词典编纂中的用法：两种观点和几点基本思考

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0016

G. Polimeni

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Green's Dictionary of Slang Online by Jonathon Green (review) 《格林在线俚语词典》作者:乔纳森·格林

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0022

Ammon Shea

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Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions by White Kennett (review) White Kennett的《英语单词和地方表达词源汇编》（综述）

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0024

A. Liberman

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John Algeo, A Life with Language: In Memoriam 约翰·艾尔吉奥，《语言的一生:纪念》

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0021

W. Kretzschmar

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The Middle English Dictionary Revenant 中古英语词典《荒野猎人》

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0020

P. Schaffner

引用次数: 1

Shared Lexical Innovations in Australian and New Zealand English 澳大利亚和新西兰英语的共同词汇创新

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0011

Pam Peters, Adam Smith, Tobias Bernaisch

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The Century Dictionary Definitions of Charles Sanders Peirce 查尔斯·桑德斯·皮尔斯的世纪词典释义

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0012

Orin Hargraves

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Defining your P's and Q's: Describing and Prescribing Politeness in Dictionaries 定义你的P和Q:在字典中描述和规定礼貌

Dictionaries Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.1353/dic.2019.0014

M. Murphy

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