A Practical guide to lexicography / edited by Piet van Sterkenburg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sterkenburg, P. G. J. van.

Series:

Terminology and lexicography research and practice ; v. 6.

Terminology and lexicography research and practice, 1388-8455 ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicography.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

xi, 459 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

A Practical Guide to Lexicography

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Preface

Part 1 - The forms, contents and uses of dictionaries

Chapter 1. Foundations

1.1 `The' dictionary: Definition and history

1. Introduction

2. Criteria

2.1. Formal criteria

2.2. Functional criteria

2.3. Criteria regarding content

2.4. Definition

3. Brief history of dictionaries

3.1. Introduction

3.2. The glossaries

3.3. Vocabularies: Conflatus, Vocabularius Ex quo, Gemmula and Gemma

1.2 Source materials for dictionaries

1. Lexicographic resources and evidence: An overview

2. Corpora as lexical resources

3. Databases as lexicographic resources

1.3 Uses and users of dictionaries

1. Surveys

2. Meta-lexicography

3. Towards a model of dictionary use

4. Experimental research

5. Conclusion

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

1. Introductory remarks

2. The structure of dictionary articles

3. Different types of articles

3.1. Articles with a main lemma versus articles with a sublemma as the guiding element

3.2. Articles displaying a single structure and articles with a synopsis structure

4. Different types of lemmata

5. Macrostructural diversity

5.1. A straight alphabetical ordering

5.2. Nested and niched lemmata

6. In conclusion

1.5 Dictionary typologies: A pragmatic approach

2. Dictionary typologies and distinctive features

3. The major dictionary types

3.1. Linguistic dictionaries versus encyclopaedias

3.2. Linguistic dictionaries

3.3. Restricted dictionaries

4. Multilingual dictionaries

Chapter 2. Descriptive lexicography

2.1 Phonological, morphological and syntactic specifications in monolingual dictionaries

1. Introduction.

2. Phonological information

3. Morphological information

3.1. Nouns

3.2. Adjectives

3.3. Verbs

4. Syntactic information

4.1. Nouns

4.2. Adjectives

4.3. Verbs

2.2 Meaning and definition

1. Do I focus on the senses of individual words?

2. Which readings of a word do I consider relevant?

3. Which type of meaning do I have to define?

4. Which linguistic perspective do I take?

5. Which definitional format do I use?

6. Summary

2.3 Dictionaries of proverbs

2. Typology of English proverb books

3. Macrostructure of English dictionaries of proverbs

4. Microstructure of English proverb dictionaries

Notes

2.4 Pragmatic specifications: Usage indications, labels, examples

dictionaries of style, dictionaries of collocations

References

2.5 Morphology in dictionaries

2. Morphology in a few large monolingual dictionaries

3. The reception perspective

3.1. Derivations that contain irregular/unpredictable elements in their form-content systems

3.2. Derivations with regular/predictable systems of form and content

3.3. Conclusions to date

4. The production perspective

4.1. Derivations

4.2. Compound words

2.6 Onomasiological specifications and a concise height8pt depth3pt width0pt history of onomasiological dictionaries

2. Onomasiological specifications in systematic dictionaries

3. Onomasiological specifications in synonym dictionaries

3.1. The alphabetically ordered synonym dictionary

3.2. The reverse dictionary

3.3. The pictorial dictionary

4. Onomasiological specifications in semasiological dictionaries

5. Electronic onomasiology

5.1. Onomasiological: From the definitions dictionary

5.2. Onomasiological: Specifically developed for that purpose.

6. History

Chapter 3. Special types of dictionaries

3.1 Types of bilingual dictionaries

2. Reception vs. production

3. Unidirectional vs. bi-directional

4. The status of the user

3.2 Specialized lexicography and specialized dictionaries

2. Basic concepts of specialized lexicography

3. Characteristics of specialized dictionaries

3.1. Subject coverage

3.2. Language

3.3. Intended users and purpose

3.4. Macrostructure

3.5. Microstructure

3.6. Medium

4. Fundamental steps for compiling a specialized dictionary

4.1. Introductory reading and delimitation of the subject field

4.2. Corpus selection

4.3. Scanning

4.4. Data analysis

4.5. Preparation of specialized dictionary entries

5. Other types of specific-purpose dictionaries

Part 2 - Linguistic corpora (databases) and the compilation of dictionaries

Chapter 4. Corpora for dictionaries

4.1 Corpora for lexicography

Generic Corpora

Transposability

2. Textual integrity

Preserve the original

Make a digitised copy

3. Typology

Origin

State

Aims

4. Conclusion

4.2 Corpus processing

2. Properties of language text

3. Mark-up (or Mark&amp

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up)

4. Plain text

5. Archive, corpus and database

6. Annotation

7. Annotation issues

8. Single data stream

9. Multiple data streams

10. Annotation choices: Summary

11. Conclusion

4.3 Multifunctional linguistic databases: Their multiple use

2. Multiple use of lexicographic resources: Background

3. Multiple use of lexicographic resources: Some examples

3.1. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English LDOCE

3.2. WordNet and EuroWordNet

3.3. WordNet and Hector corpus and dictionary

3.4. Corpora.

4. Multifunctional databases: Considerations in reusability

4.1. Standards

4.2. A theory-neutral approach?

4.3. Evaluation

4.4. Legal issues

5. Multiple use as a stimulus for more collaboration

4.4 Lexicographic workbench: A case history

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Design of dictionaries

5.1 Developments in electronic dictionary design

2. From traditional dictionaries to electronic dictionaries

3. Improved access commands more explicit information

3.1. No more abbreviations

3.2. Indexing headwords plus variants

3.3. Cross-references become obsolete

3.4. Bothersome duplication dispatched

3.5. Recognition of multi-word lexemes as lexical entities

4. Functionality of electronic dictionaries improved

4.1. Adjustable selection of data

4.2. Representation

4.3. Reversed dictionary: The onomasiological approach

4.4. One type of data can serve several purposes

5. Extension of the dictionary

5.1. Extension of the lexicon

5.2. Integration of other dictionaries

5.3. Incorporation of other reference works

5.4. Integration in the software environment

6. Conclusion

5.2 Linguistic corpora (databases) and the compilation of dictionaries

1. Macro design: Consideration of user requirements

2. Micro design: Front matter

3. Abbreviations and symbols

4. Layout and typography

5. The entry

5.3 The design of online lexicons

2. ``Lexicons''

3. ``Online''

4. Macrostructure

5. Macrostructure in online lexicons

6. Fuzzy matching and stemming

7. Multiword queries

8. Microstructure and the content of entries

8.1. Density in the microstructure of print dictionaries

8.2. The Microstructure of online lexicons

9. New textual content in online lexicons

9.1. Full paradigms.

9.2. Example sentences

10. Necessary ``encyclopedic'' information

11. Multimedia in online lexicons

Note

Chapter 6. Realisation of dictionaries

6.1 The codification of phonological, morphological, and syntactic information

2. Phonological information

4. Syntactic information and idiomatic patterns

6.2 The production and use of occurrence examples

1. Collecting the evidence

2. Processing the evidence (by hand)

3. Processing the evidence (with the help of computers)

4. Citing evidence within the dictionary

6.3 The codification of semantic information

2. Identifying the senses

Interpretation

Splitting and lumping

Senses and contextual modulations

Relatedness of senses: Polysemy and homonymy

The reality of four dictionaries

3. Ordering the senses

Methods

Flat structure and hierarchical structure

The four dictionaries

4. Defining the senses

5. The future

Appendix

Longman, Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE)

Collins Cobuild English Dictionary (COBUILD)

The New Oxford Dictionary (NODE)

Chambers 21st Century Dictionary (CHAMBERS)

6.4 The codification of usage by labels

1. What is a label?

2. Classification of labels

2.1. Group labels

2.2. Register labels

2.3. Figurative use

2.4. The offensive use of words

3. The functions of labels

4. Final remarks and conclusion

6.5 The codification of etymological information

2. Theoretical choices

3. Practice

4. Looking ahead

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

7.1 Examples of design and production criteria for bilingual dictionaries

2. Architecture

3. Organisation

4. Business plan.

5. Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612255373

9781423772217

1423772210

9781282255371

1282255371

9789027296511

9027296510

9789027223302

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OCLC:

1491309673