Practical Lexicography: Principles and Methods of Dictionary-Making

By Bo Svensen

This is the first book to give a full and readable account of how dictionaries are made. It is both a general introduction to lexicography and a systematic guide to lexicographic methods. Included are sections on treatment of pronunciation, inflection, constructions, collocations, and idioms; the structure of entries and their arrangement in a dictionary; and the planning, execution, and monitoring of a dictionary project. Practical Lexicography demonstrates how both one-language and two-language dictionaries are written, the ways in which materials are selected, arranged, and explained, and how computers have revolutionized the making of dictionaries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198631162
• ISBN13: 9780198631163
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.8"