Cawdrey, R.

Japanese: Cawdrey,R.(英語表記)CawdreyR
Cawdrey, R.

… Throughout the 16th century, English borrowed from many foreign languages, including classical languages, and at one point presented a phenomenon of a “flood of foreign words.” The English language was overflowing with pedantic terms that were difficult for the general public to understand, and there was a strong demand for a dictionary of difficult words that collected and explained them. In response to this, the first independent English dictionary was Robert Cawdrey’s A Tablet of the English Alphabet (1604). Meanwhile, during the 17th century, some dictionaries appeared, such as Thomas Blount’s (1618-79) A Glossary (1656), which included etymological explanations in addition to the meanings of words, albeit incomplete. …

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Japanese:

… 16世紀を通じ,英語は古典語をはじめ多くの外国語から借入を行い,一時は〈外来語の洪水〉のような現象を呈し,一般の人々には理解しがたい〈インキ壺くさい〉衒学的な用語が氾濫(はんらん)したため,そのような難語を集めて説明した難語辞典を要求する声が強かった。これにこたえ,独立した形での最初の英語辞典の誉れを担うのはコードリーRobert Cawdrey編《英語アルファベット表覧》(1604)である。一方,17世紀の間にブラントThomas Blount(1618‐79)編《語誌》(1656)のように,語義のほかに不十分ながら語源的説明を加えたものも現れた。…

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