Bilingual lexicography from a communicative perspective / Heming Yong, Jing Peng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yong, Heming.

Contributor:

Peng, Jing.

Series:

Terminology and lexicography research and practice ; v. 9.

Terminology and lexicography research and practice ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicography.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This stimulating new book, as the premier work introducing bilingual lexicography from a communicative perspective, is launched to represent original thinking and innovative theorization in the field of bilingual lexicography. It treats the bilingual dictionary as a system of intercultural communication and bilingual dictionary making as a dynamic process realized by sets of choices, characterizing the overall nature of the dictionary. It examines the dictionary and dictionary making by using a model of lexicography which stresses the three-way relationship of compiler, dictionary context and user and incorporates them into a unified coherent framework. Throughout the study, special focus is on English and Chinese bilingual lexicography. It will serve not only as a valuable guide to those interested in dictionary compilation and theoretical inquiries but also as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in bilingual lexicography.

Contents:

Bilingual Lexicography from a Communicative Perspective

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

chapter 1

Towards a communicative modelof lexicography

1.1 The nature of the dictionary

1.1.1 The traditional approach: the dictionary as reference

1.1.2 The textual approach: the dictionary as text

1.1.3 The communicative approach: the dictionary as communication

1.2 Lexicography

1.3 Bilingual lexicography

1.3.1 Previous studies in bilingual lexicography: a brief survey

1.3.2 The present study

1.3.2.1 Scope, method and objective

1.3.2.2 Some terms defined

chapter 2

Bilingual lexicography

A comparative approach

2.1 Compiler aspect: choices of perspectives and purposes

2.1.1 Choices of dictionary designs

2.1.2 Choices of lexicographic perspectives

2.1.3 Choices of lexicographic purposes

2.2 Dictionary context

2.2.1 Choices under "Field"

2.2.1.1 Information coverage

2.2.1.2 Language coverage

2.2.1.3 Lexical coverage

2.2.1.4 Subject coverage

2.2.2 Choices under "Mode"

2.2.2.1 Presentation

2.2.2.2 Direction

2.2.2.3 Defining method

2.2.2.4 Transmission media

2.2.3 Choices under "Tenor"

2.2.3.1 Source language speakers, target language speakers or both

2.2.3.2 Reference-oriented users or active-learning users

2.3 User aspect: language needs and reference skills

2.3.1 Ownership of dictionaries

2.3.2 Reasons for dictionary use

2.3.3 Dictionary deficiency

2.3.4 Frequency of dictionary use

2.3.5 Reference needs

2.3.6 Definition structuring

2.3.7 Selection of lexical and information items

2.3.8 Grammatical labeling

2.3.9 General image of the dictionary

2.3.10 Summary

chapter 3

Modern linguistics and bilingual lexicography

3.1 Grammar and bilingual lexicography.

3.2 Semantics and bilingual lexicography

3.3 Pragmatics and bilingual lexicography

3.4 Sociolinguistics and bilingual lexicography

chapter 4

Bilingual dictionaries

A communicative typology

4.1 Previous dictionary typologies: a quick survey

4.2 A communicative typology

4.2.1 Compiler and user aspects

4.2.1.1 Lexicographic perspectives

4.2.1.2 Lexicographic purposes

4.2.2 Dictionary context

4.2.2.1 Field

4.2.2.2 Mode

4.2.2.3 Tenor

chapter 5

A structural description

5.1 Outside matter structure

5.1.1 Front Matter

5.1.1.1 Title page

5.1.1.2 Acknowledgments

5.1.1.3 Table of contents

5.1.1.4 Preface, foreword and introduction

5.1.1.5 Guide to the use of the dictionary

5.1.1.6 Explanations of abbreviations and symbols

5.1.2 Back matter

5.1.2.1 Linguistic material

5.1.2.2 Encyclopedic material

5.1.2.3 Reference guidance

5.1.3 Outside matter: a comparative survey

5.2 Macrostructure

5.2.1 Hierarchies of lemma units

5.2.2 Alphabetical approach

5.2.3 Semantic approach

5.2.4 Reference structure

5.3 Microstructure

5.3.1 Lemmata structure

5.3.2 Definition structure

5.3.3 Structural organization of examples

5.3.4 Structural organization of variants

5.4 Bidirectionality and reversibility

5.4.1 Bidirectionality

5.4.2 Reversibility

chapter 6

Fundamental principles

6.1 General principles

6.1.1 Descriptive principle

6.1.2 Linguistic principle

6.1.3 Structural principle

6.1.4 Relevance principle

6.1.5 Aesthetic principle

6.2 Bilingual principles

6.2.1 Equivalence principle

6.2.2 Comparative principle

chapter 7

Problems and reflections

7.1 Anisomorphism

7.2 Equivalence presentation

7.3 Meaning discrimination

7.4 Grammar.

7.5 Collocation

7.6 Style and register

7.7 Exemplification

7.8 Illustration

7.9 Glossing

7.10 Etymology

7.11 Revision

chapter 8

Ways of handling idioms

8.1 Idioms: their features

8.2 Idioms: their status

8.3 Idioms: their location

8.4 Idioms: their translation

8.5 Idioms: their grammar and usage

chapter 9

Recommendations and samples

9.1 Recommendation one: lexicographic purposes and choices

9.2 Recommendation two: active and passive dictionary designs

9.3 Recommendation three: macrostructural organization

9.4 Recommendation four: lexical classes discriminated

9.5 Recommendation five: equivalence presentation

9.6 Recommendation six: meaning discrimination

9.7 Recommendation seven: grammatical description

9.8 Recommendation eight: lexical combination

9.9 Recommendation nine: labels and glosses

9.10 Recommendation ten: exemplification

9.11 Recommendation eleven: idiom treatment

9.12 Recommendation Twelve: Word Histories

Bibliography

List of major dictionaries cited

Index

The series Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612154522

9781282154520

1282154524

9789027292407

902729240X

OCLC:

648254372