A Practical Guide to Lexicography
Editor
This is a state-of-the-art Guide to the fascinating world of the lexicon and its description in various types of dictionaries.
A team of experts brings together a solid Introduction to Lexicography and leads you through decision-making processes step-by-step to compile and design dictionaries for general and specific purposes. The domains of lexicography are outlined and its specific terminology is explained in the Glossary. Each chapter provides ample suggestions for further reading. Naturally, electronic dictionaries, corpus analysis, and database management are central themes throughout the book.
The book also "introduces" questions about the many types of definition, meaning, sense relations, and stylistics. And that is not all: those afraid to embark on a dictionary adventure will find out all about the pitfalls in the chapters on Design.
A Practical Guide to Lexicography introduces and seduces you to learn about the achievements, unexpected possibilities, and challenges of modern-day lexicography.
A team of experts brings together a solid Introduction to Lexicography and leads you through decision-making processes step-by-step to compile and design dictionaries for general and specific purposes. The domains of lexicography are outlined and its specific terminology is explained in the Glossary. Each chapter provides ample suggestions for further reading. Naturally, electronic dictionaries, corpus analysis, and database management are central themes throughout the book.
The book also "introduces" questions about the many types of definition, meaning, sense relations, and stylistics. And that is not all: those afraid to embark on a dictionary adventure will find out all about the pitfalls in the chapters on Design.
A Practical Guide to Lexicography introduces and seduces you to learn about the achievements, unexpected possibilities, and challenges of modern-day lexicography.
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 6] 2003. xii, 460 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. ix
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I. The forms, contents and uses of dictionaries
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Chapter 1. Foundations
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1.1 ‘The’ dictionary: Definition and historyPiet van Sterkenburg | pp. 3–17
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1.2 Source materials for dictionariesFrantišek Čermák | pp. 18–25
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1.3 Uses and users of dictionariesPaul Bogaards | pp. 26–33
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1.4 Types of articles, their structure and different types of lemmataRufus H. Gouws | pp. 34–43
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1.5 Dictionary typologies: A pragmatic approachPiet Swanepoel | pp. 44–69
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Chapter 2. Descriptive lexicography
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2.1 Phonological, morphological and syntactic specifications in monolingual dictionariesJohan De Caluwé and Ariane van Santen | pp. 71–82
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2.2 Meaning and definitionDirk Geeraerts | pp. 83–93
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2.3 Dictionaries of proverbsStanisław Prędota | pp. 94–101
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2.4 Pragmatic specifications: Usage indications, labels, examples; dictionaries of style, dictionaries of collocationsIgor Burkhanov | pp. 102–113
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2.5 Morphology in dictionariesJohan De Caluwé and Johan Taeldeman | pp. 114–126
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2.6 Onomasiological specifications and a concise history of onomasiological dictionariesPiet van Sterkenburg | pp. 127–143
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Chapter 3. Special types of dictionaries
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3.1 Types of bilingual dictionariesMike Hannay | pp. 145–153
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3.2 Specialized lexicography and specialized dictionariesLynne Bowker | pp. 154–164
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II. Linguistic corpora (databases) and the compilation of dictionaries
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Chapter 4. Corpora for dictionaries
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4.1 Corpora for lexicographyJohn McH. Sinclair | pp. 167–178
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4.2 Corpus processingJohn McH. Sinclair | pp. 179–193
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4.3 Multifunctional linguistic databases: Their multiple useTruus Kruyt | pp. 194–203
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4.4 Lexicographic workbench: A case historyDaniel Ridings | pp. 204–214
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Chapter 5. Design of dictionaries
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5.1 Developments in electronic dictionary designLineke Oppentocht and Rik Schutz | pp. 215–227
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5.2 Linguistic corpora (databases) and the compilation of dictionariesKrista Varantola | pp. 228–239
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5.3 The design of online lexiconsSean Michael Burke | pp. 240–249
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Chapter 6. Realisation of dictionaries
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6.1 The codification of phonological, morphological, and syntactic informationGeert Booij | pp. 251–259
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6.2 The production and use of occurrence examplesJohn Simpson | pp. 260–272
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6.3 The codification of semantic informationFons Moerdijk | pp. 273–296
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6.4 The codification of usage by labelsHenk J. Verkuyl, Maarten Janssen and Frank Jansen | pp. 297–311
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6.5 The codification of etymological informationNicoline van der Sijs | pp. 314–321
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Chapter 7. Examples of design and production criteria for major dictionaries
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7.1 Examples of design and production criteria for bilingual dictionariesWim Honselaar | pp. 323–332
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7.2 Design and production of terminological dictionariesWilly Martin and H. van der Vliet | pp. 333–349
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7.3 Design and production of monolingual dictionariesFerenc Kiefer and Piet van Sterkenburg | pp. 350–365
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7.4 Towards an ‘ideal’ Dictionary of English CollocationsStefania Nuccorini | pp. 366–387
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Glossary | pp. 389–419
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General index | pp. 443–459
“This Guide is certainly of great interest to dictionary makers and dictionary users: its main merit is related to the light that it sheds on technological developments that make lexicography a whole new technical domain in linguistics: potentially much richer, much more useful to all other domains in linguistics and much more user-friendly. Furthermore, the light shed on electronic dictionaries also highlights the lexicographic heritage and the lexicographers' know-how.”
Alina Villalva, Professor of Linguistics, University of Lisbon
“This book runs the gamut of a wide variation of topics in lexicography.”
Michael Klotz, in Lexicographica 21/2005
“[...] offers a solid introduction to current lexicography. The book is user-friendly and intended to be a safe and efficient guide for those who want to know how dictonaries are made. [...] the team clearly demonstrates that in lexicography there are “universals” of dictionary production.”
Jean-Claude Boulanger, Université Laval, Canada, in Terminology Vol. 10:2 (2004)
“According to the words of the editor, the volume was designed as an easily accessible introduction to the world of lexicography and a reliable compass for those wishing to know how dictionaries are made. The authors have more than fulfilled these objectives. The reader is acquainted with the theory and with the state-of-the-art methods of lexicography. Each chapter provides the most current information about diverse aspects of dictionary functioning, structure, compilation, and usage. The book will become a convenient tool for lexicographers, but also for students of linguistics.”
Jan Holeš, Palacký University, Czech Republic, in Language Vol. 82:1 (2006)
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Subjects
Linguistics
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CFM: Lexicography
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General