Tradition and Innovation in Modern English Dictionaries - Couverture rigide

Bejoint, Henri

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 019823919X ISBN 13 : 9780198239192

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1994

Synopsis

There has been an extraodinary increase in the production of monolingual dictionaries of English in the last three decades. Despite some interesting recent developments in dictionary design and layout, in many funamental respects the dictionaries of today are very similar to those produced several centuries ago. This book argues that this conservatism reflects the importance of the dictionary as culturally-constructed artefact. Dictionaries have remained the same because their traditional form exerts a powerful influence on polular ideas of what they should be. Contemporary research and theory will only filter through into dictionary-making when popular ideas about language and dictionaries change. This must be a slow process because the dictionaries are themselves such a powerful influence in the shaping of these ideas. Henri Bejoint is the co-editor of "Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Dictionaries of the national language of a country are an essential and quite frequently controversial part of social life and learning. This is an account of how such dictionaries are made, how they are used, and the issues and problems that face their writers and editors. It is wide-ranging, scholarly, and readable. The author gives a concise history of the general-purpose dictionary, describing both the main approaches to dictionary making and the main kinds of dictionary . After comparing the different lexicographical traditions of Great Britain and the USA, and considering the roles of dictionaries in those countries, Dr Béjoint explores the linguistic problems in such matters as distinguishing meanings, writing definition, providing synonyms, etc. He ends with a discussion of current lexicographical trends.

Revue de presse

Henri Béjoint has produced a scholarly account of English lexicography that ranges broadly across the field. (Times Literary Supplement)

Addresses many important issues that traditional English lexicography has yet to come to terms with ... much food for thought. (Notes on Linguistics)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019823919X
• ISBN 13: 9780198239192
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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