This volume provides concise, authoritative accounts of the approaches and methodologies of modern lexicography and of the aims and qualities of its end products. Leading scholars and professional lexicographers, from all over the world and representing all the main traditions and perspectives, assess the state of the art in every aspect of research and practice. The book is divided into four parts, reflecting the main types of lexicography. Part I looks at synchronic dictionaries - those for the general public, monolingual dictionaries for second-language learners, and bilingual dictionaries. Part II and III are devoted to the distinctive methodologies and concerns of historical dictionaries and specialist dictionaries respectively, while chapters in Part IV examine specific topics such as description and prescription; the representation of pronunciation; and the practicalities of dictionary production. The book ends with a chronology of major events in the history of lexicography. It will be a valuable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners in the field.
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Philip Durkin is Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, and has led the dictionary's team of specialists in Etymology for the past fifteen years. He is the author of The Oxford Guide to Etymology (2009; paperback 2011), which has quickly become the standard work in the field, and of Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English (OUP 2014; paperback 2015).
Inhalt
- 1: Philip Durkin: Introduction
- PART I: The Synchronic Dictionary
- 2: Henri Béjoint: Dictionaries for General Users: History and development; current issues
- 3: Reinhard Heuberger: Learners' Dictionaries: History and development; current issues
- 4: Thierry Fontenelle: Bilingual Dictionaries: History and development; current issues
- 5: Marc Kupietz: Constructing a Corpus
- 6: Iztok Kosem: Interrogating a Corpus
- 7: Patrick Hanks: Definition
- 8: Rosamund Moon: Explaining Meaning in Learners' Dictionaries
- 9: Arleta Adamska-Salaciak: Explaining Meaning in Bilingual Dictionaries
- PART II: Historical Dictionaries
- 10: John Considine: Historical Dictionaries: History and development; current issues
- 11: Andrew Hawke: Quotation Evidence and Definitions
- 12: Laurel J. Brinton: Using Historical Corpora and Historical Text Databases
- 13: Edmund Weiner: Grammatical Analysis and Grammatical Change
- 14: Philip Durkin: Etymology, Word History, and the Grouping and Division of Material in Historical Dictionaries
- PART III: Specialist Dictionaries
- 15: Tania Styles: Place-name Dictionaries
- 16: Peter McClure: Personal and Surname Dictionaries
- 17: Catherine Sangster: Pronouncing Dictionaries
- 18: Franziska Buchmann: Spelling Dictionaries
- 19: Julie Coleman: Slang Dictionaries
- 20: Eva Buchi: Etymological Dictionaries
- 21: Richard Ashdowne: Dictionaries of Dead Languages
- 22: Christian Kay and Marc Alexander: Diachronic and Synchronic Thesauruses
- 23: Clive Upton: Regional and Dialect Dictionaries
- 24: Holger Becker: Scientific and Technical Dictionaries; Coverage of Scientific and Technical Terms in General Dictionaries
- PART IV: Specific Topics
- 25: Christiane Fellbaum: The Treatment of Multi-word Units in Lexicography
- 26: Dirk Geeraerts: Lexicography and Theories of Lexical Semantics
- 27: M. Lynne Murphy: Meaning Relations in Dictionaries: Hyponymy, Meronymy, Synonymy, Antonymy, and Contrast
- 28: Anu Koskela: Identification of Homonyms in Different Types of Dictionaries
- 29: Graham Pointon: The Representation of Pronunciation in General Dictionaries
- 30: Charlotte Brewer: Labelling and Metalanguage
- 31: James McCracken: The Exploitation of Dictionary Data and Metadata
- 32: Annette Klosa: Illustrations in Dictionaries; Encyclopaedic and Cultural Information in Dictionaries
- 33: Graeme Diamond: Making Decisions about Inclusion and Exclusion
- 34: Lynda Mugglestone: Description and Prescription in Dictionaries
- 35: Valerie Grundy and Diana Rawlinson: The Practicalities of Dictionary Production; Planning and Managing Dictionary Projects; Training of Lexicographers
- 36: Hilary Nesi: The Demands of Users and the Publishing World: Printed or Online, Free or Oaid for?
- 37: Stefan Dollinger: National Dictionaries and Cultural Identity: Insights from Austrian German and Canadian English
- A Chronology of Major Events in the History of Lexicography
- References
- Index