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A Chronology of Major Events in the History of Lexicography

By arinarusanevich

  • First edition of Webster’s International Dictionary, ed. Porter et al

    First edition of Webster’s International Dictionary, ed. Porter et al
    a thorough revision of the American Dictionary of 1864–84, comprising 175,000 entries.
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    significant events from the history of lexicography

    This chronology presents a selection of highlights in the world history of the making of lexical dictionaries. Beyond giving a sense of when some of the oldest lexicographical traditions began, it pays particular attention to the western European languages and, within them, to English.

  • First volume of Funk & Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary of the English Language

    First volume of Funk & Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary of the English Language
    the second appeared in 1894, and the two together included 304,000 entries.

  • First fascicle of the Swedish national dictionary on historical principles, Ordbok öfver svenska språket

    First fascicle of the Swedish national dictionary on historical principles, Ordbok öfver svenska språket
    Better known as Svenska Akademiens Ordbok. Published, after a false start in 1870. Fascicles 369–373 (Trivsel–Tyna) appeared in July 2009.

  • First part (A–Ballot) of Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary

    First part (A–Ballot) of Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary
    The 30th and last part (the second half of the Dialect Grammar) would appear in September 1905.

  • First fascicle of Thesaurus linguae Latinae

    First fascicle of Thesaurus linguae Latinae
    the most comprehensive of all Latin dictionaries, published

  • First volume of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda’s Milon ha-lashon ha-’lvrit ha-yeshanah veda- hadashah / Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew,

    First volume of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda’s Milon ha-lashon ha-’lvrit ha-yeshanah veda- hadashah / Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew,
    a major document in the revival of the Hebrew language

  • First edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary (COD)

    First edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary (COD)
    published 16 June, ed. H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler. The twelfth edition, issued as The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, was published in 2011; COD has been the basis for dictionaries of several varieties of English.

  • First volume of the Danish national dictionary on historical principles, Ordbog over det danske Sprog

    First volume of the Danish national dictionary on historical principles, Ordbog over det danske Sprog
    founded by Verner Dahlerup and ed. Harald Juul-Jensen (to 1949) and Jørgen Glahder (after 1949) published; the 28th and last volume in the main alphabetical series would appear in 1956, with five supplementary volumes 1992–2005, ed. Anne Duekilde and Henrik Andersson.

  • William Craigie’s presentation ‘New Dictionary Schemes’ to the Philological Society

    William Craigie’s presentation ‘New Dictionary Schemes’ to the Philological Society
    initiates the so-called period dictionaries of English, multi-volume historical dictionaries intended to treat particular areas more fully than was possible for the NED / OED