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Semantics and lexicography : selected studies (1976-1996) / Herbert Ernst Wiegand ; edited by Antje Immken and Werner Wolski ; [translated by Antje Immken].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiegand, Herbert Ernst.
- Series:
- Lexicographica. Series maior ; 97.
- Lexicographica. Series maior : Supplementary volumes to the International annual for lexicography = Supplements a la Revue internationale de lexicographie = Supplementbande zum Internationalen Jahrbuch fur Lexikographie, 0175-9264 ; 97
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lexicography.
- Semantics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2011
- Place of Publication:
- Tubingen : M. Niemeyer, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is a compilation of nine articles, translated from German. They deal with those lexicographic texts or text excerpts which have been formulated in order to convey the meaning of a lexical unit to a potential dictionary user who is not familiar with that meaning. The articles not only critically analyze lexicographic practice, in particular the so-called lexicographic definitions and the items giving the synonyms in correlation with the examples, in the light of different semantic approaches. They also present ways towards a common understanding in the context of lexicographically i
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Introduction / Wolski, Werner
- Synonymy and its Role in Monolingual Lexicography
- Thinking about Dictionaries: Current Problems
- Languages for Special Purposes in the Monolingual Dictionary: Criticism, Provocations, and Practical and Pragmatic-oriented Suggestions
- On the Meaning Explanation of Sentence Adverbs in Monolingual Dictionaries. A Contribution to Practical Lexicology
- Synonyms Appearing in Major Alphabetical Dictionaries of Contemporary German
- A New Theory of the So-called Lexicographic Definition
- Elements of a Theory towards a So-called Lexicographic Definition
- Are Most of the Cumulative Dictionaries of Synonyms really Useless Bestsellers?
- On the Distinction between Semantic and Encyclopaedic Data in Domain-specific Dictionaries
- Epilogue
- Literature
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-350).
- ISBN:
- 9783110946048
- 3110946041
- OCLC:
- 843635423
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