A Practical Guide to Lexicography

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Piet van Sterkenburg | Institute for Dutch Lexicology, Leiden

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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.

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 6] 2003. xii, 460 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.6

Table of Contents

Preface | p. ix

I. The forms, contents and uses of dictionaries
Chapter 1. Foundations

1.1 ‘The’ dictionary: Definition and history

Piet van Sterkenburg | pp. 3–17

1.2 Source materials for dictionaries

František Čermák | pp. 18–25

1.3 Uses and users of dictionaries

Paul Bogaards | pp. 26–33

1.4 Types of articles, their structure and different types of lemmata

Rufus H. Gouws | pp. 34–43

1.5 Dictionary typologies: A pragmatic approach

Piet Swanepoel | pp. 44–69

Chapter 2. Descriptive lexicography

2.1 Phonological, morphological and syntactic specifications in monolingual dictionaries

Johan De Caluwé and Ariane van Santen | pp. 71–82

2.2 Meaning and definition

Dirk Geeraerts | pp. 83–93

2.3 Dictionaries of proverbs

Stanisław Prędota | pp. 94–101

2.4 Pragmatic specifications: Usage indications, labels, examples; dictionaries of style, dictionaries of collocations

Igor Burkhanov | pp. 102–113

2.5 Morphology in dictionaries

Johan De Caluwé and Johan Taeldeman | pp. 114–126

2.6 Onomasiological specifications and a concise history of onomasiological dictionaries

Piet van Sterkenburg | pp. 127–143

Chapter 3. Special types of dictionaries

3.1 Types of bilingual dictionaries

Mike Hannay | pp. 145–153

3.2 Specialized lexicography and specialized dictionaries

Lynne Bowker | pp. 154–164

II. Linguistic corpora (databases) and the compilation of dictionaries
Chapter 4. Corpora for dictionaries

4.1 Corpora for lexicography

John McH. Sinclair | pp. 167–178

4.2 Corpus processing

John McH. Sinclair | pp. 179–193

4.3 Multifunctional linguistic databases: Their multiple use

Truus Kruyt | pp. 194–203

4.4 Lexicographic workbench: A case history

Daniel Ridings | pp. 204–214

Chapter 5. Design of dictionaries

5.1 Developments in electronic dictionary design

Lineke Oppentocht and Rik Schutz | pp. 215–227

5.2 Linguistic corpora (databases) and the compilation of dictionaries

Krista Varantola | pp. 228–239

5.3 The design of online lexicons

Sean Michael Burke | pp. 240–249

Chapter 6. Realisation of dictionaries

6.1 The codification of phonological, morphological, and syntactic information

Geert Booij | pp. 251–259

6.2 The production and use of occurrence examples

John Simpson | pp. 260–272

6.3 The codification of semantic information

Fons Moerdijk | pp. 273–296

6.4 The codification of usage by labels

Henk J. Verkuyl, Maarten Janssen and Frank Jansen | pp. 297–311

6.5 The codification of etymological information

Nicoline van der Sijs | pp. 314–321

Chapter 7. Examples of design and production criteria for major dictionaries

7.1 Examples of design and production criteria for bilingual dictionaries

Wim Honselaar | pp. 323–332

7.2 Design and production of terminological dictionaries

Willy Martin and H. van der Vliet | pp. 333–349

7.3 Design and production of monolingual dictionaries

Ferenc Kiefer and Piet van Sterkenburg | pp. 350–365

7.4 Towards an ‘ideal’ Dictionary of English Collocations

Stefania Nuccorini | pp. 366–387

Glossary | pp. 389–419

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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