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Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, the most comprehensive dialect dictionary ever published, is now freely available digitally, as EDD Online. With easy-to-follow instructions and screenshots, this detailed user guide shows how to get the most out of this unparalleled resource. It will be invaluable to a wide range of linguistic fields.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Orthography; 3. Tagging; 4. Syntax of EDD entries, and how to describe it; 5. Some practical suggestions in hindsight; 6. Interface; 7. Retrieval window (advanced mode); 8. Research issues, encouraged by EDD Online; 9. Focus on quantification: towards dialectometry; 10. Final remarks on the accessibility and impact of EDD Online.

English Dialect Dictionary Online

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 6 July 2023
      ISBN-13 9781108814447
      978-1108814447
      ISBN-10 1108814441
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      Dialect, slang and jargon Dictionaries Sociolinguistics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, the most comprehensive dialect dictionary ever published, is now freely available digitally, as EDD Online. With easy-to-follow instructions and screenshots, this detailed user guide shows how to get the most out of this unparalleled resource. It will be invaluable to a wide range of linguistic fields.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. Orthography; 3. Tagging; 4. Syntax of EDD entries, and how to describe it; 5. Some practical suggestions in hindsight; 6. Interface; 7. Retrieval window (advanced mode); 8. Research issues, encouraged by EDD Online; 9. Focus on quantification: towards dialectometry; 10. Final remarks on the accessibility and impact of EDD Online.

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