Charlotte Brewer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charlotte Brewer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charlotte |
| FAMILY NAME | Brewer |
| SIGNATURE | BREWER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hertford College, Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Monarchs and minnows vs. broadband and bungee jumping
‘Some of our predecessors in the science of lexicography thought it was part of their duty to improve the English language,’ wrote an editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) in 1934 (Craigie, 1934: 26). ‘We have got beyond that stage, and consider that if it is to be improved it is not our business to do so, but record it as it was and as it is.’ Such claims for unbiased and objective descriptivism in dictionary-makin…
Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Medieval English Literature
Sarah Ogilvie. Words of the World. A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary
When R. W. Burchfield turned up at Oxford University Press to edit the second Supplement to the OED in 1957, he spent the first day of his new job reading through a copy of The Times, looking up every word both in the OED itself (published 1884-1928) and its first catch-up Supplement (1933). ‘The results,’ he found, ‘were a revelation’: The OED was shown at once to be a product of the Victorian and Edwardian period, and not up-to-date at all. The…
Prescriptivism and descriptivism in the first, second and third editions of OED
There is a pervasive view, held by academics and educated laypeople alike, that the Oxford English Dictionary is a descriptive work. When plans for this great dictionary were first taking shape, the originators made their intentions very clear. Archbishop Trench, delivering the two lectures to the London Philological Society in 1857 which initiated the project, famously stated the axiom that the lexicographer ‘is a historian of [the language], no…
Yesterday's Words
"Pronouncing the "P
During the course of the 19th century, many English dictionaries carrying information on pronunciation directed that Greek-derived words beginning ps- should be pronounced with a silent initialp. In the relevant section of theOED, however (published 1909), the editor J. A. H. Murray (1837-1915) advised that, contrary to general practice, pronouncing the p was preferable, since it made clear the etymology of such words thus enhancing their intelli…
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Quality of Life and Disability
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"Pronouncing the "P
During the course of the 19th century, many English dictionaries carrying information on pronunciation directed that Greek-derived words beginning ps- should be pronounced with a silent initialp. In the relevant section of theOED, however (published 1909), the editor J. A. H. Murray (1837-1915) advised that, contrary to general practice, pronouncing the p was preferable, since it made clear the etymology of such words thus enhancing their intelli…
Yesterday's Words
Prescriptivism and descriptivism in the first, second and third editions of OED
There is a pervasive view, held by academics and educated laypeople alike, that the Oxford English Dictionary is a descriptive work. When plans for this great dictionary were first taking shape, the originators made their intentions very clear. Archbishop Trench, delivering the two lectures to the London Philological Society in 1857 which initiated the project, famously stated the axiom that the lexicographer ‘is a historian of [the language], no…
Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Medieval English Literature
Sarah Ogilvie. Words of the World. A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary
When R. W. Burchfield turned up at Oxford University Press to edit the second Supplement to the OED in 1957, he spent the first day of his new job reading through a copy of The Times, looking up every word both in the OED itself (published 1884-1928) and its first catch-up Supplement (1933). ‘The results,’ he found, ‘were a revelation’: The OED was shown at once to be a product of the Victorian and Edwardian period, and not up-to-date at all. The…
Monarchs and minnows vs. broadband and bungee jumping
‘Some of our predecessors in the science of lexicography thought it was part of their duty to improve the English language,’ wrote an editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) in 1934 (Craigie, 1934: 26). ‘We have got beyond that stage, and consider that if it is to be improved it is not our business to do so, but record it as it was and as it is.’ Such claims for unbiased and objective descriptivism in dictionary-makin…
Linguistics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Classics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Library science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 works)