Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples : : With Special Reference to Exemplifying Usage in Dictionary Entries / / Kusujiro Miyoshi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Miyoshi, Kusujiro,
• Place / Publishing House: Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2008]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Lexicographica. Series Maior : Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie , 132
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Tables --; Abbreviations and Special Conventions Used in the Thesis --; 1: Introduction --; 2: Methodology --; 3: The Historical Background of Johnson’s and Webster’s --; Dictionaries --; 4: Johnson's and Webster's Usual Practices in Supplying Verbal --; Examples --; 5: Verbal Examples in Entries on Verbs of High Frequency and the --; Inflected Forms of Such Verbs --; 6: Verbal Examples in Entries on Prepositions and Prepositional --; Adverbs --; 7: Verbal Examples for Adjective-preposition and Verb-preposition --; Collocations --; 8: Verbal Examples Supplied for the Treatment of Modal Auxiliaries --; and Primary Verbs --; 9: Conclusion --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783484970939; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110212129; 9783110212136; 9783110209457
• ISSN: 0175-9264
• DOI: 10.1515/9783484970939
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kusujiro Miyoshi.

Dieses Buch analysiert die Nutzung von Wortbeispielen, die Noah Webster und Samuel Johnson in ihren Wörterbüchern als ein Mittel der Anleitung für einen Wortgebrauch einsetzen. Diese Analyse offenbart, dass Johnsons Quellenauswahl für Zitate und die Häufigkeit des Zitierens in Abhängigkeit von dem eingegebenen Wort stark variieren. Im Gegensatz dazu wurden fast alle Webster-Zitate aus Johnsons "Dictionary" entnommen. Jedoch nutzte Webster diese Zitate bezeichnenderweise voll aus, um sein Verständnis eines Wortgebrauchs, das wesentlich von dem Johnsons abweicht, zum Ausdruck zu bringen. This book analyses Noah Webster's and Samuel Johnson's use of verbal examples in their dictionaries as a means of giving guidance on word usage. The author's major interest lies in elucidating how uniquely Webster, who was originally a grammarian, made use of verbal examples. In order to achieve this purpose, the author provides chapters based on types of entry words in their functional contexts. Johnson's selection of sources of citations and the frequency of his "ing citations tended to vary strongly according to the type of entry word; he also supplied invented examples rather than citations when he thought it especially necessary to clarify the use of a word. By contrast, with the exception of biblical ones, almost all of Webster's citations were taken from Johnson's »Dictionary«. However, Webster significantly made full use of such citations to express his view on word usage, which differs essentially from Johnson's. Besides, Webster had a strong tendency to "e phrases and sentences from the Bible for the same purpose.