Conversations on dictionaries : the universe in a book / edited by Ilan Stavans, Amherst College.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stavans, Ilan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicography--History.

Lexicography.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xiv, 307 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Bringing together a collection of conversations with leading lexicographers from around the world, this innovative book explores the role dictionaries have played in history. Covering twenty different languages, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students of lexicography, and professional and trainee professional lexicographers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The universe in a book

Ancient Greek / William A. Ross

Esperanto / Esther Schor

German / Volker Harm

Chinese / Haoran Tong

Hybrid languages / Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. Boyle

English / Peter Gilliver

French / Marie-Hélène Drivaud and Peter Sokolowski

Italian / Carla Marello and Claudio Marazzini

Arabic / Hassan Hamzé

Hebrew / Ruvik Rosenthal

Indigenous languages / Mark Turin

Irish / Seán Ua Súilleabhaín

African languages / Dion Nkomo and Paul Achille Mavoungou

Nahuatl / John Sullivan

Yiddish / Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath

Portugese / Rute Costa and Ana Salgado

Japanese / Yukio Tono

Russian / Mikhail Kopotev

Quechua / Odi Gonzales

Scandinavian / Lars Trap-Jensen

Spanish / Francisco Javier Pérez

The total dictionary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Conversations on dictionaries

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009392419

1009392417

9781009392396

1009392395

OCLC:

1524399275

Publisher Number:

CIPO000261290