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Do dictionaries control words, or do words control dictionaries? Which words qualify and which do not — and on what grounds? Here, Lynda Mugglestone shows that there is much more to a dictionary than just lists of words and meanings. Exploring common beliefs about dictionaries, providing glimpses of dictionary makers at work, and confronting the problems of how a word is defined, this Very Short Introduction shows how dictionaries are made and how they reflect the society and culture in which they were written.