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Article: Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edn.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2007
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Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edn. Ed. by STEWART GREGORY, WILLIAM ROTHWELL, and DAVID TROTTER. (Publications of the MHRA, 17/1-2) London: Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association. 2005. Vol. I: A-C; vol. II: D-E. xlix+624 pp; iv+483 pp. 160 [pounds sterling] (set). ISBN 978-1-904350-39-2 (set).
The second edition of the Anglo-Norman Dictionary is much more than a simple revision of the first version, published as vol. 8 of the same series in seven fascicules between 1977 and 1992. What we now have is a greatly expanded corpus-based dictionary of which the first two volumes alone, covering five letters of the alphabet, contain more material ...