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Geoffrey Nunberg
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October 20:
Forms of knowledge and communication:
Dictionaries, reference books, journals, databases
Geoff's class slides
Primary Reading
Bush, Vaannevar. 1945. As We May Think. Atlantic Monthly July
Brown, Patrick. 2004. Vantage Point. Stanford Report, Feb. 26.
McArthur, Tom. 1988. Worlds of Reference. Cambridge University Press:
Ch. 12: "The Legislative Urge: authoritative wordbooks," pp. 92-101
Ch 13: "Reference and Revolution," p. 102-109
Ch. 15: "Alphabetic Lexicography: The Unending Dictionary," pp. 124-133
Ch.16: "Universal Education: Dictionaries for the People," pp. 134-141
Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim. 1998. The Work of the Encyclopedia in the Age of Electronic Reproduction. First Monday 3(9).
Optional Reading
De Schryver, Gilles-Maurice. 2003. Lexicographers' Dreams in the Electronic-Dictionary Age. International Journal of Lexicography 16(2) (September).
Hibbitts, Bernard J. 1996. Last Writes: The law review in the age of cyberspace. First Monday 2 (3).
Hobohm, Hans-Christoph. 1997. Changing the Galaxy: On the transformation of a printed journal to the Internet. First Monday 2(11).
McArthur, Tom. 1988. Worlds of Reference. Cambridge University Press:
Ch 14: "Thematic Lexicography," pp. 110-123
Miller, Sylvia K. 1998. Transforming Print Encyclopedias into Successful Electronic Reference Products. Journal of Electronic Publishing June.
Look at the material in About the OED at the OED site, in particular the essay "History of the Dictionary."
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