The History of Lexicography
Editor
Most dictionaries have forerunners, and all have imitators; an understanding of the historical foundations of dictionary-making is therefore one of the preconditions of further progress in academic lexicography. The papers in this volume, which were presented at the 1986 Exeter Seminar, survey most of the lexicographical traditions in the world, some tracing them right back to their beginnings. The programme was divided into eight sessions, with the following concentrations of topics: (1) three classical traditions, (2) the early history of European lexicography, (3) the beginnings of English lexicography, (4) further aspects of English lexicography, (5) the background of diverse national developments, (6) specific features of national developments, (7) pioneers of three genres, (8) recent trends in the English dictionary.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 40] 1986. viii, 265 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 8 April 2011
Published online on 8 April 2011
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Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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A Concise History of the Concise Oxford DictionaryRobert Edward Allen | p. 1
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Richelet's dictionnaire françois (1680) as a Source of LA PORTE DES SIENCES (1682) and Le Roux's DICTIONAIRE COMIQUE (1718)Laurent Bray | p. 13
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The History of Pronunciation in English-Language DictionariesArthur J. Bronstein | p. 23
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A Brief History of Chinese Bilingual LexicographyDavid Chien and Thomas Creamer | p. 35
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How Abstract is the English Dictionary?Fredric Dolezal | p. 47
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The Development of the Bilingual English-Arabic Dictionary from the Middle of the Nineteenth Century to the PresentNawal El-Badry | p. 57
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The Beginnings of Lexicography in CroatiaRudolf Filipović | p. 65
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Afrikaans LexicographyRufus H. Gouws | p. 75
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The duden rechtschreibung 1880-1986: Development and Function of a Popular DictionaryGlyn Hatherall | p. 85
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Learned Lexicographers of the North: Seventeenth-century vignettesEinar Haugen | p. 99
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The Entry in Medieval Arabic Monolingual Dictionaries: Some aspects of arrangement and contentJohn A. Haywood | p. 107
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The Paradigm of John Wilkins' ThesaurusWerner Hüllen | p. 115
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Lexicographic Archaeology: Comparing dictionaries of the same familyRobert F. Ilson | p. 127
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The Humanist Period in Renaissance Bilingual LexicographyDouglas A. Kibbee | p. 137
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László Országh, the LexicographerTamas Magay | p. 147
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Thematic LexicographyTom McArthur | p. 157
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Four Remarks on the Prehistory of Historical lexicographyReuven Merkin | p. 167
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The First English Dictionary? A sixteenth-century compiler at workN.E. Osselton | p. 175
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The Development of the General Monolingual Dictionary in PolandTadeusz Piotrowski | p. 185
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Competing lexicographical Traditions in AmericaAllan Walker Read | p. 197
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The Bilingual Dictionary - Victim of its own tradition?Mary Snell-Hornby | p. 207
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Sixteenth-Century English-Vernacular DictionariesGabriele Stein | p. 219
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The Three-Century Recension in Spanish and English LexicographyRoger J. Steiner | p. 229
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Appendix B: Seminar Programme | p. 258
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Appendix C: List of Participants | p. 259
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List of Contributors | p. 263
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Illustrations/Tables
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Richelet as a source of la porte des siences (1682) and Le Roux's dictionaire comique (1718) | p. 22
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Title Page, opera nuova che insegna a parlare la lingua schiavonesca (1527) | p. 73
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Titles of the duden rechtschreibung (1880-1986) | p. 97
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Title Page, an alphabetical dictionary (Wilkins 1668) | p. 125
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Title Page, lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse palsgrave (1530) | p. 228
“.... can be warmly recommended to anyone who is interested in academic lexicography or translation work.”
John D. Gallagher, BDÜ Mitteilungsblatt, 1989.
“... anyone interested in the dictionary or in language variation within social or cultural boundaries will find informative reading in this well-edited book.”
John Algeo, Language Problems and Language Planning, 13.2 (1989)
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Linguistics
Terminology & Lexicography
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CF: Linguistics
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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General