Meaning and the Bilingual Dictionary - The Case of English and Polish

The topic of this book, central to the endeavours of bilingual dictionary-makers and metalexicographers, is how to transmit meaning across languages within the confines of a lexicographic work of reference. The issues addressed - including, among others, the status and typology of bilingual dictionaries, the different ways of overcoming lack of interlingual equivalence, and the difficulties involved in providing adequate examples of usage - are set against the background of recent theoretical perspectives on meaning and illustrated with problem cases taken from the author's own lexicographic practice.

List of contents

Contents: Bilingual lexicography - Equivalence - Meaning - Dictionary microstructure - Dictionary examples.

Product details

• Authors: Arleta Adamska-Salaciak
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9783631553206
• ISBN: 978-3-631-55320-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 13 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 310 g
• Series: Polish Studies in English Language and Literature; Polish Studies in English Language and Literature; Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics