Lynda Mugglestone
Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction
Sunday 28 September 2014
11:00am
15 Minutes
DurationBlenheim Palace: Courtyard
Venue£Free
Ticket priceWelcome to a Very Short Introduction soapbox. A short talk lasting 15 minutes from an expert in the field. The talk is free and takes place in the Blenheim Palace courtyard (palace shop if wet).
Lynda Mugglestone shows that all dictionaries are partial and all are selective. They are human products, reflecting the dominant social and cultural assumptions of the time in which they were written, says the Pembroke College, Oxford, fellow in English language and literature.
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