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| Year: | 1616 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short description: | Bullokar publishes 'English Expositor' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium description: | John Bullokar, son of William Bullokar, publishes 'English Expositor'. Has almost twice the number of entries as Cawdrey's "Table" with the definitions being often more comprehensive; citing authorities such as Pliny; marking terms as obsolete; and specifying in which field terms are used. [Knowles states Bullockar] [Fennell states Exposition] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Baugh, A. C. & Cable, T. (1993). A History of the English Language 4th edition. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [p.227]
- Knowles, G. (1979). A Cultural History of The English Language. London: Arnold [p.88]
- Fennell, B. A. (2005). A History of English: A Sociolinguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. [p.149]
- Crystal, David (2005). The Stories of English. London: Penguin [p.266]
- Starnes, D. W. T. & Noyes, G. E. (1991). The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson. 1604-1755. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina press [p.19]