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Research Methods in Vocabulary Studies

Philip Durrant, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, Benjamin Kremmel and Suhad Sonbul

Understanding vocabulary and its role in language learning is one of the central tasks of applied linguistic research. It is also an area that has seen, and continues to see, huge progress in terms of the complexity and diversity of work being done. While this makes for a rich and exciting research… read more

[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2] 2022. xv, 325 pp.

Defining with Simple Vocabulary in English Dictionaries

Mariusz Piotr Kamiński

This book investigates an important but under-researched aspect of dictionary making: the use of a controlled vocabulary in definitions. The main concern of the author is the role of a definition vocabulary in how foreign learners understand and perceive dictionary definitions. The author takes the… read more

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 22] 2021. xv, 326 pp.

Tone Orthography and Literacy: The voice of evidence in ten Niger-Congo languages

Edited by David Roberts and Stephen L. Walter

This book presents the results of a series of literacy experiments in ten Niger-Congo languages, representing four language families and spanning five countries. It asks the research question, "To what extent does full tone marking contribute to oral reading fluency, comprehension and writing… read more

[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 18] 2021. xxii, 375 pp.

New Insights into the Semantics of Legal Concepts and the Legal Dictionary

Martina Bajčić

This book focuses on legal concepts from the dual perspective of law and terminology. While legal concepts frame legal knowledge and take center stage in law, the discipline of terminology has traditionally been about concept description. Exploring topics common to both disciplines such as meaning,… read more

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 17] 2017. xi, 222 pp.

Researching Specialized Languages

Edited by Vijay Bhatia, Purificación Sánchez and Pascual Pérez-Paredes

The present collection of articles represents research efforts in the field of specialised languages, including the analysis of research articles in disciplines as diverse as Biomedicine and Computing, on the one hand, and overlapping disciplines such as in Social Sciences, on the other, all with… read more

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 47] 2011. viii, 238 pp.

Teaching and Learning Terminology: New strategies and methods

Edited by Amparo Alcina

This volume, which was originally published in Terminology 15:1 (2009), presents and reflects on experiences dealing with terminology training, from a theoretical, practical and professional perspective. Terminology is part of the programmes of several (post)graduate courses, such as Translating… read more

[Benjamins Current Topics, 35] 2011. ix, 157 pp.

Lexicography in the 21st Century: In honour of Henning Bergenholtz

Edited by Sandro Nielsen and Sven Tarp

This is a state-of-the-art volume on lexicography at the beginning of the 21st century. It also offers proposals for future theoretical and practical work. The contributions, inspired by the ground-breaking work of Henning Bergenholtz, address topics such as dictionary functions; dictionary users;… read more

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 12] 2009. xi, 341 pp.

Pedagogical Specialised Lexicography: The representation of meaning in English and Spanish business dictionaries

Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera and Ascensión Arribas-Baño

This stimulating new book, which combines dictionary research and linguistic knowledge, analyses the representation of meaning in business dictionaries from a pedagogical perspective. By examining in detail the macrostructure, mediostructure, access structure and microstructure of eight business… read more

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 11] 2008. ix, 165 pp.

Bilingual Lexicography from a Communicative Perspective

Heming Yong and Jing Peng

This stimulating new book, as the premier work introducing bilingual lexicography from a communicative perspective, is launched to represent original thinking and innovative theorization in the field of bilingual lexicography. It treats the bilingual dictionary as a system of intercultural… read more

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 9] 2007. x, 229 pp.

Dictionary Visions, Research and Practice: Selected papers from the 12th International Symposium on Lexicography, Copenhagen 2004

Edited by Henrik Gottlieb and Jens Erik Mogensen

This book is about dictionaries and dictionary making. In six thematic sections it presents nineteen contributions covering a wide field within lexicography: Online Lexicography, Dictionary Structure, Phraseology in Dictionaries, LSP Lexicography, Dictionaries and the User, plus Etymology, History… read more

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 10] 2007. xii, 321 pp.