Lexicography - An Introduction

List of contents

Chapter 1 Words; Chapter 2 Facts about words; Chapter 3 The dictionary; Chapter 4 The beginnings; Chapter 5 The New English Dictionary; Chapter 6 Up to the present; Chapter 7 Users and uses; Chapter 8 Meaning in dictionaries; Chapter 9 Beyond definition; Chapter 10 Etymology; Chapter 11 Dictionaries for learners; Chapter 12 Abandoning the alphabet; Chapter 13 Compiling dictionaries; Chapter 14 Criticising dictionaries;

Summary

Howard Jackson analyses a wide range of dictionaries 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.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Jackson, Jackson Howard
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2002
• EAN: 9780415231725
• ISBN: 978-0-415-23172-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 540 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Lexicography