Practical lexicography : principles and methods of dictionary-making / by Bo Svensén ; translated from the Swedish by John Sykes and Kerstin Schofield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svensén, Bo, 1941-

Standardized Title:

Handbok i lexikografi. English

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Lexicography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Lexicography.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Summary:

This is the first book to give a full and readable account of how dictionaries are made. It is both a general introduction to lexicography and a systematic guide to lexicographic methods. Included are sections on treatment of pronunciation, inflection, constructions, collocations, and idioms; the structure of entries and their arrangement in a dictionary; and the planning, execution, and monitoring of a dictionary project. Practical Lexicography demonstrates how both one-language and two-language dictionaries are written, the ways in which materials are selected, arranged, and explained, and how computers have revolutionized the making of dictionaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198631162

OCLC:

26722910