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Zusatztext ...this reader is a fine selection, up-to-date, well presented and documented. Informationen zum Autor Thierry Fontenelle is a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft's Natural Language Group, where he works on the creation of dictionaries for proofing tools and natural language processing. He received his PhD from the University of Liège in 1995. In the 1990s, he collaborated on two bilingual dictionaries published by Cambridge University Press and managed an international project dealing with the extraction of collocations from dictionaries and corpora. His research interests include computational lexicography for natural language processing and proofing tools. He is also Past President of the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX) and an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Lexicography. Klappentext This book collects and introduces some of the best and most useful work in practical lexicography. It has been designed as a resource for students and scholars of lexicography and lexicology and to be an essential reference for professional lexicographers. It focusses on central issues in the field and covers topics hotly debated in lexicography circles. After a full contextual introduction Thierry Fontenelle divides the book into twelve parts - theoretical perspectives! corpus design! lexicographical evidence! word senses and polysemy! collocations and idioms! definitions! examples! grammar and usage! bilingual lexicography! tools and methods! semantic networks! and how dictionaries are used. The book is fully referenced and indexed. The reader may be used independently for reference or as reading material for a course of study. It will also be an essential companion for The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography by Sue Atkins and Michael Rundell! to be published by OUP in 2008. Zusammenfassung This reader collects some of the best and most useful work in practical lexicography, focusing on the central issues and hottest topics in the field. An essential resource for all students and scholars of lexicography and lexicology as well as professional lexicographers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Editor's Introduction Part I Metalexicography, Macrostructure, Microstructure, and the Contribution of Linguistic Theory 2: Samuel Johnson (edited by Jack Lynch): The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language 3: Sue Atkins: Theoretical Lexicography and its Relation to Dictionary-Making 4: Juri Apresjan: Principles of Systematic Lexicography Part II On Corpus Design 5: Douglas Biber: Representativeness in Corpus Design 6: Gregory Grefenstette and Adam Kilgarriff: Introduction to the Special Issue on the Web as Corpus Part III On Lexicographical Evidence 7: Charles J. Fillmore: 'Corpus Linguistics' or 'Computer-Aided Armchair Linguistics' Part IV On Word Senses and Polysemy 8: Patrick Hanks: Do Word Meanings Exist? 9: Adam Kilgarriff: I Don't Believe in Word Senses 10: Penny Stock: Polysemy part V On Collocations, Idioms, and Dictionaries 11: Anthony P. Cowie: Phraseology 12: Thierry Fontenelle: Using a Bilingual Dictionary to Create Semantic Networks Part VI On Definitions 13: Dwight Bolinger: Defining the Indefinable 14: Michael Rundell: More Than One Way to Skin A Cat: Why Full-Sentence Definitions Have Not Been Universally Adopted Part VII On Examples 15: Batia Laufer: Corpus-Based Versus Lexicographer Examples in Comprehension and Production of New Words Part VIII On Grammar and Usage in Dictionaries 16: Michael Rundell: Recent Trends in English Pedagogical Lexicography Part IX On Bilingual Lexicography 17: Sue Atkins: Then and Now: Competence and Performance in 35 Years of Lexicography 18: Alain Duval: Equivalence in Bilingual Dictionaries Part X On Tools for Lexicographers 19: Ken W. Church and Patrick Hanks: Word Association Norms, Mutual Info...
