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Lexicography : an introduction / Howard Jackson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003Edition: Reprinted editionDescription: x, 190 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415231736
  • 9780415231732
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 413.028 22 JAC
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Contents:
Words -- Facts about words -- The dictionary -- The beginnings -- The New English Dictionary -- Up to the present -- Users and uses -- Meaning in dictionaries -- Beyond definition -- Etymology -- Dictionaries for learners -- Abandoning the alphabet -- Compiling dictionaries -- Criticising dictionaries.
Summary: This text analyses a wide range of dictionaries, from those for native speakers to thematic dictionaries and those on CD-ROM, to reveal the ways in which dictionaries fulfil their dual function of describing the vocabulary of English and providing a useful and accessible reference resource.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Words -- Facts about words -- The dictionary -- The beginnings -- The New English Dictionary -- Up to the present -- Users and uses -- Meaning in dictionaries --
Beyond definition -- Etymology -- Dictionaries for learners -- Abandoning the alphabet -- Compiling dictionaries -- Criticising dictionaries.

This text analyses a wide range of dictionaries, from those for native speakers to thematic dictionaries and those on CD-ROM, to reveal the ways in which dictionaries fulfil their dual function of describing the vocabulary of English and providing a useful and accessible reference resource.

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