Modern Lexicography
An Introduction
Seiten
2000
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-829951-6 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-829951-6 (ISBN)
Dictionaries of the national language of a country are an essential and quite frequently controversial part of social life and learning. This is an account of how such dictionaries are made, how they are used, and the issues and problems that face their writers and editors. The author gives a concise history of the general-purpose dictionary.
Dictionaries of the national language of a country are an essential and quite frequently controversial part of social life and learning. This is an account of how such dictionaries are made, how they are used, and the issues and problems that face their writers and editors. It is wide-ranging, scholarly, and readable. The author gives a concise history of the general-purpose dictionary, describing both the main approaches to dictionary making and the main kinds of dictionary . After comparing the different lexicographical traditions of Great Britain and the USA, and considering the roles of dictionaries in those countries, Dr Béjoint explores the linguistic problems in such matters as distinguishing meanings, writing definition, providing synonyms, etc. He ends with a discussion of current lexicographical trends.
Dictionaries of the national language of a country are an essential and quite frequently controversial part of social life and learning. This is an account of how such dictionaries are made, how they are used, and the issues and problems that face their writers and editors. It is wide-ranging, scholarly, and readable. The author gives a concise history of the general-purpose dictionary, describing both the main approaches to dictionary making and the main kinds of dictionary . After comparing the different lexicographical traditions of Great Britain and the USA, and considering the roles of dictionaries in those countries, Dr Béjoint explores the linguistic problems in such matters as distinguishing meanings, writing definition, providing synonyms, etc. He ends with a discussion of current lexicographical trends.
Henri Béjoint is a Senior Lecturer in the Départment de Langues Etrangères Appliquées, Université Lyon 2. He is co-editor (with Pierre J. L. Arnaud) of Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics (Macmillan, 1992).
Chapter 1: Dictionaries and the Dictionary ; Chapter 2: The Lexicographical Scene of English-Speaking Countries ; Chapter 3: The Historical Origins of the General-Purpose Dictionary ; Chapter 4: General-Purpose Dictionaries and Society ; Chapter 5: What are General-Purpose Dictionaries Really For? ; Chapter 6: The Linguistic Traditions ofr Lexicography ; Chapter 7: Whither Lexicography? ; Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.10.2000 |
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| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 407 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-829951-6 / 0198299516 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-829951-6 / 9780198299516 |
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