Author: Phil Benson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134599587
Size: 74.72 MB
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Ethnocentrism And The English Dictionary books, This unique work challenges the assumption that dictionaries act as objective records of our language, and instead argues that the English dictionary is a fundamentally ethnocentric work. Using theoretical, historical and empirical analyses, Phil Benson shows how English dictionaries have filtered knowledge through predominantly Anglo-American perspectives. The book includes a major case study of the most recent edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and its treatment of China.