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The encounter of English and Chinese lexicographical traditions

A genealogical study of Wilhelm Lobscheid’s English and Chinese Dictionary (1866–1869)

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The publication of Wilhelm Lobscheid’s (1822–1893) English and Chinese Dictionary, with the Punti and Mandarin Pronunciation (1866–1869) marked a turning point in the history of English-Chinese lexicography. This article traces the genealogy of Lobscheid’s English and Chinese Dictionary by examining its multiple sources and discusses how the lexicographical tradition of English-Chinese dictionaries was built on previous dictionaries in the East and the West.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2. Lobscheid and his English and Chinese dictionary (1866–1869)
    • 2.1Introducing Wilhelm Lobscheid
    • 2.2 Introducing the English and Chinese dictionary
    • 2.3 The structure of the English and Chinese dictionary
  • 3. The genealogy of Lobscheid’s English and Chinese dictionary (1866–1869)
    • 3.1The English monolingual dictionary as the basis
    • 3.2The missionary English-Chinese dictionaries as the basis
  • 4.The shift of the lexicographical traditions from Morrison to Lobscheid
    • 4.1Missionary traditions of English-Chinese bilingual dictionaries
      • 4.1.1Morrison’s English and Chinese (1822)
      • 4.1.2Medhurst’s English and Chinese dictionary (1847–1848)
      • 4.1.3Wells Williams’ An English and Chinese vocabulary in the court dialect (1844)
      • 4.1.4Chalmers’ An English and Cantonese pocket-dictionary (1859/1862)
    • 4.2Webster’s tradition of English monolingual dictionary
    • 4.3 Lobscheid’s English and Chinese dictionary as the East-West convergence of lexicographical traditions in the 19th century
    • 4.4Discussions
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 15 November 2024
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