Teaching and Researching Lexicography

By R.R.K. Hartmann

Book Overview

Who compiles dictionaries and other reference works? Which are used by whom? How do they achieve their purpose?

Lexicography is a very important subject and the product of lexicography, the Dictionary, is a valuable resource in language learning.

Teaching and Researching Lexicography explains the relations between lexicographic practice (dictionary-making) and theory (dictionary research), with special reference to the perspectives of: dictionary history

dictionary criticism

dictionary typology

dictionary structure

dictionary use

The final section of the book contains a variety of useful resources, including relevant related websites, a glossary of terms and a bibliography of cited dictionaries. This section can also be found on the Teaching and Researching Lexicography companion web-site.

Written in a highly accessible style, Teaching and Researching Lexicography provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date and international coverage of this field in English, and will be of great interest to lexicographers, language teachers and applied linguists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582369770
• ISBN13: 9780582369771
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"