Lexicographic Description Of English

Author : Morton Benson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027230140

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Lexicographic Description of English by Morton Benson Pdf

Designed to help lexicographers compile better dictionaries of English, this book provides information about the language that is not available in any other single source. It is the first serious attempt to describe in detail the lexical and grammatical differences between American and British English and offers a trailblazing solution to the vexing problem of how to treat General American and British RP pronunciation in the same dictionary with the help of a Simplified Transcription for which any typewriter keyboard can be adapted and a pioneering description of the principles concerning the treatment of fixed grammatical and lexical collocations in future general-purpose dictionaries of English.

Author : Tetsuro Hayashi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027281319

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The Theory of English Lexicography 1530–1791 by Tetsuro Hayashi Pdf

This book serves as a welcome addition to the better known English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755, by Starnes & Noyes (new edition published by Benjamins 1991). Whereas Starnes & Noyes describe the history of English lexicography as an evolutionary progress-by-accumulation process, Professor Hayashi focuses on issues of method and theory, starting with John Palsgrave’s Lesclarissement de la langue francoyse (1530), to John Walker’s A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (1791). This book also includes a detailed discussion of Dr. Johnson’s influential Dictionary of the English Language (1755).

Author : R. R. K. Hartmann,Gregory James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134768295

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Dictionary of Lexicography by R. R. K. Hartmann,Gregory James Pdf

Dictionaries are among the most frequently consulted books, yet we know remarkably little about them. Who makes them? Where do they come from? What do they offer? How can we evaluate them? The Dictionary of Lexicography provides answers to all these questions and addresses a wide range of issues: * the traditions of dictionary-making * the different types of dictionaries and other reference works (such as thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas and telephone directory) * the principles and concerns of lexicographers and other reference professionals * the standards of dictionary criticism and dictionary use. It is both a professional handbook and an easy-to-use reference work. This is the first time that the subject has been covered in such a comprehensive manner in the form of a reference book. All articles are self-contained, cross-referenced and uniformly structured. The whole is an up-to-date and forward-looking survey of lexicography.

Author : Howard Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134574452

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Lexicography by Howard Jackson Pdf

This book is an accessible introduction to lexicography – the study of dictionaries. Dictionaries are used at home and at school, cited in law courts, sermons and parliament, and referred to by crossword addicts and Scrabble players alike. Lexicography provides a detailed overview of the history, types and content of these essential references. Howard Jackson analyzes a wide range of dictionaries, from those for native speakers to thematic dictionaries and those on CD-ROM, to reveal the ways in which dictionaries fulfil their dual function of describing the vocabulary of English and providing a useful and accessible reference resource. Beginning with an introduction to the terms used in lexicology to describe words and vocabulary, and offering summaries and suggestions for further reading, Lexicography: An Introduction is highly student-friendly. It is ideal for anyone with an interest in the development and use of dictionaries.

Author : Patricia Anderson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816539598

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Revitalization Lexicography by Patricia Anderson Pdf

In a linguistic climate that is hyperaware of so-called language death, dictionaries have been touted as stalwarts for language preservation. When wielded by communities undertaking language revitalization, dictionaries can be designed to facilitate reversing language shift and fostering linguistic innovation. Indeed, dictionaries’ reputation as multifunctional reference materials make them adaptable to a wide variety of community needs. Revitalization Lexicography provides a detailed account of creating a dictionary meant to move a once-sleeping language into a language of active daily use. This unique look under the hood of lexicography in a small community highlights the ways in which the dictionary was intentionally leveraged to shape the Tunica language as it inevitably changes throughout revitalization. Tunica, one of the heritage languages of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Marksville, Louisiana, has been undergoing active revitalization since 2010. The current generation of speakers began learning Tunica, a once-sleeping language, through written documentation. Now enough Tunica speakers to confer amongst themselves when questionable language use arises. Marrying both the theoretical and the practical aspects that contributed to the Tunica dictionary, this book discusses complex lexicographic tasks in a manner accessible to both academic and community readers. This work is firmly backdropped in a fieldwork approach that centers the community as owners of all aspects of their revitalization project. This book provides concrete and practical considerations for anyone attempting to create a dictionary. Contrasting examples from Tunica and English dictionaries, this book challenges readers to rethink their relationship to dictionaries in general. A must-read for anyone who has ever touched a dictionary.

Author : Robert Ilson
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UCSC:32106007695387

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Dictionaries, Lexicography, and Language Learning by Robert Ilson Pdf

Author : Piet van Sterkenburg
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296511

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A Practical Guide to Lexicography by Piet van Sterkenburg Pdf

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.

Author : A. P. Cowie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1017 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780191558078

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The Oxford History of English Lexicography by A. P. Cowie Pdf

These substantial volumes present the fullest account yet published of the lexicography of English from its origins in medieval glosses, through its rapid development in the eighteenth century, to a fully-established high-tech industry that is as reliant as ever on learning and scholarship. The history covers dictionaries of English and its national varieties, including American English, with numerous references to developments in Europe and elsewhere which have influenced the course of English lexicography. Part one of Volume I explores the early development of glosses and bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and examines their influence on lexicographical methods and ideas. Part two presents a systematic history of monolingual dictionaries of English and includes extensive chapters on Johnson, Webster and his successors in the USA, and the OED. It also contains descriptions of the development of dictionaries of national and regional varieties, and of Old and Middle English, and concludes with an account of the computerization of the OED. The specialized dictionaries described in Volume II include dictionaries of science, dialects, synonyms, etymology, pronunciation, slang and cant, quotations, phraseology, and personal and place names. This volume also includes an account of the inception and development of dictionaries developed for particular users, especially foreign learners of English. The Oxford History of English Lexicography unites scholarship with readability. It provides a unique and accessible reference for scholars and professional lexicographers and offers a series of fascinating encounters with the men and women involved over the centuries in the making of works of profound national and linguistic importance.

Author : Markus Widmer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638643610

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Methods of Lexicographic Definition in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary by Markus Widmer Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1 (A), University of Zurich (English Seminar), course: Lexicography, language: English, abstract: In this paper, 80 lexicographic definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary are classified and evaluated, the basic question being the following: are similar words defined in similar ways? The words are classified according to part of speech, concreteness and word frequency, and eight different ways to define a word are considered. The study confirms that concreteness and part of speech have a considerable impact on the way a particular word is defined in the ALD.

Author : Heming Yong,Jing Peng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000429480

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A Sociolinguistic History of British English Lexicography by Heming Yong,Jing Peng Pdf

A Sociolinguistic History of British English Lexicography traces the evolution of British English dictionaries from their earliest roots to the end of the 20th century by adopting both sociolinguistic and lexicographical perspectives. It attempts to break out of the limits of the dictionary-ontology paradigm and set British English dictionary-making and research against a broader background of socio-cultural observations, thus relating the development of English lexicography to changes in English, accomplishments in English linguistics, social and cultural progress, and advances in science and technology. It unfolds a vivid, coherent and complete picture of how English dictionary-making develops from its archetype to the prescriptive, the historical, the descriptive and finally to the cognitive model, how it interrelates to the course of the development of a nation's culture and the historical growth of its lexicographical culture, as well as how English lexicography spreads from British English to other major regional varieties through inheritance, innovation and self-perfection. This volume will be of interest to students and academics of English lexicography, English linguistics and world English lexicography.

Author : Howard Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134574469

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Lexicography by Howard Jackson Pdf

This book is an accessible introduction to lexicography – the study of dictionaries. Dictionaries are used at home and at school, cited in law courts, sermons and parliament, and referred to by crossword addicts and Scrabble players alike. Lexicography provides a detailed overview of the history, types and content of these essential references. Howard Jackson analyzes a wide range of dictionaries, from those for native speakers to thematic dictionaries and those on CD-ROM, to reveal the ways in which dictionaries fulfil their dual function of describing the vocabulary of English and providing a useful and accessible reference resource. Beginning with an introduction to the terms used in lexicology to describe words and vocabulary, and offering summaries and suggestions for further reading, Lexicography: An Introduction is highly student-friendly. It is ideal for anyone with an interest in the development and use of dictionaries.

Author : Howard Jackson,Etienne Zé Amvela
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0826460968

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Words, Meaning and Vocabulary by Howard Jackson,Etienne Zé Amvela Pdf

This work goes back to the sources of modern English words and studies the development of vocabulary over time. It examines what constitutes a word, with a discussion of words that look and sound the same, words that have several meanings, and "words" that are made up of more than one "word". As well as considering the borrowing of words from other languages throughout the history of English as a means of increasing the vocabulary, the book also outlines how English forms new words by exploiting the structure of existing words, through processes of derivation and compounding. The meaning of a word is composite of a number of relations: reference to external context, relations with other words of a similar or opposite meaning, collocational relations, and so on. The book grapples with the meaning problem, but then goes on to look at the contexts in which words are used and the purposes for which they are used, raising the question whether it is more sensible to talk about English "vocabularies" rather than English "vocabulary".

Author : Olga Karpova,Olga M. Karpova,Faina Kartashkova
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443809412

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Lexicography and Terminology by Olga Karpova,Olga M. Karpova,Faina Kartashkova Pdf

The present book contains a collection of works devoted to current trends in theoretical and practical lexicography, terminology and terminography. All papers are divided into two main sections. Part I: Lexicography deals with analysis of historical and typological problems in lexicography with special reference to English, Italian, Russian and Southern African dictionaries for general- and special- purposes. The main focus is given to the description of principles in lexicographic presentation of non-equivalent lexics, rhyming slang, idioms, clichés and gender nominations of people in bilingual and monolingual dictionaries. Part II: Terminology and Terminography is devoted to description of the current tendencies observed in terminology and terminography studies with special reference to modern European languages such as English, Russian, Norwegian, etc. Terms of different special domains are viewed from the angle of the latest achievements of modern science, cognitive linguistics in particular. It reveals specific features of terminological word-combinations, terms in colloquial use, peculiarities of terms belonging to newly formed Languages for Special purposes, typical features of recently appeared LSPs and presentations of new dictionaries’ projects of different subject areas. This part reveals international nature of current tendencies in terminology studies and shows the national ways of their functioning and presentation in special dictionaries.

Author : Anthony Paul Cowie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015079211085

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The Oxford History of English Lexicography: Specialized dictionaries by Anthony Paul Cowie Pdf

These substantial volumes present the fullest account yet published of the lexicography of English from its origins in medieval glosses, through its rapid development in the eighteenth century, to a fully-established high-tech industry that is as reliant as ever on learning and scholarship. The history covers dictionaries of English and its national varieties, including American English, with numerous references to developments in Europe and elsewhere which have influenced the course of English lexicography. --from publisher description.

Author : Henri Béjoint
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198299677

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The Lexicography of English by Henri Béjoint Pdf

This book looks at English dictionaries in Great Britain and the USA from 1600 to today. It is both a definitive history of the lexicography of English and a complete introduction to the making of dictionaries. Wide-ranging, wittily written, and authoritative it will appeal to everyone interested in dictionaries, English, and language.