HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY
Abstract
This paper provides a concise overview of the literature review on the historical development of British and American English lexicography, encapsulating key insights from scholarly works that illuminate the evolution of dictionaries, lexicons, and language standards in these linguistic traditions..
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