The Cambridge handbook of the dictionary / edited by Edward Finegan, Michael Adams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finegan, Edward, 1940- editor.

Adams, Michael, 1961- editor.

Series:

Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics

Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Publishing.

Lexicography--History.

Lexicography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 781 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

There is no such thing as 'the dictionary'. Rather, there are innumerable kinds of dictionaries that respond to their authors' aspirations and their users' needs. In each case, the negotiation among a dictionary's material, its authors, and its readers tells a rich cultural story. Bringing together cutting-edge research from an international team of experts, this interdisciplinary Handbook provides an all-encompassing account of dictionaries in context. Organized into five thematic parts, its chapters cover a multitude of topics such as types of dictionaries, the place of dictionaries in intellectual, cultural and book history, and dictionaries as material objects, as well as their visual design. It also explores the role of dictionaries in a select group of special fields where words especially matter (for instance, law), the business contexts in which dictionaries are made, and finally the future of dictionaries. There is no fuller or more compelling overview of dictionaries available today.-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Dictionary typologies / Michael Adams

Historical and other specialized dictionaries / Ammon Shea

Thesauri / Kate Wild

Commercial dictionaries / Orin Hargraves

Bilingual dictionaries / Carla Marello

Learner's dictionaries / Shigeru Yamada and Hai Xu

Children's dictionaries / Susan Rennie

Dictionaries of quotations and dictionaries of proverbs / Elizabeth Knowles

Dictionary typography / Michael Adams

Illustrations in dictionaries / Michael Hancher

Page and book design in dictionaries / Wendalyn Nichols

Dictionaries in book history / John Considine

Dictionaries as material objects / Lindsay Rose Russell

Dictionaries, language ideologies, and language attitudes / David West Brown

Dictionaries and cultural politics / Lindsay Rose Russell

Usage in dictionaries and dictionaries of usage / Don Chapman

Dictionaries and language contact / Jason F. Siegel

Dictionaries in religious history and Biblical interpretation / William A. Ross

Attitudes toward "the dictionary" / Edward Finegan

Dictionary audiences / Katherine Connor Martin

Dictionaries and intellectual history / John Considine

Dictionaries and social history / Carol Percy

Linguistics and philology in dictionaries / Anatoly Liberman

Dictionaries as literary artifacts / Ilan Stavans

Dictionaries and editors / Jonathon Owen

Lexicography and the law / Bryan A. Garner

Organizing dictionary projects / Cathal Convery

Editing dictionaries / Joseph P. Pickett

Publishing the dictionary : the business side of the business / John Morse

Legal and ethical issues in dictionary-making / Michael Adams

The future of dictionaries / Gilles-Maurice de Schryver

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Oct 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108872980

1108872980

9781108876032

110887603X

9781108864435

1108864430