ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEXICOGRAPHY

(ELL)

Key-note questions

What is a dictionary?

What is its place among the other reference works?

What distinguishes one dictionary from another?

Key-note questions

What is the metastructure of a dictionary?

What does dictionary making actually involve?

How do words get into the dictionary?

Key-note questions

How can I decide on the quality of a dictionary?

What does it take to be a lexicographer?

What tools does a lexicographer use?

Lexicography: the bigger picture

APPLIED LINGUISTICS

foreign language learning theory of readingand teaching lexicography forensic speech analysis

etc., etc.

(Crystal 1992:26)

Metalexicography and Practical Lexicography

• source: Hartmann & James (1998)

source: Hartmann & James (1998)

Types of dictionaries (1)

Linguistic... provide intra- or interlingual translations of the meaning of a headword and/or to supply other language-related information (e.g. the spelling, pronunciation, lexical/grammatical paradigms, origin, etc. of the searchword)

... explicate concepts or terminologies pertaining to various branches of knowledge such as medicine, technology, computing, business, arts, etc.

Non-linguistic

Types of dictionaries (2)

Paradigmatic

... most dictionaries ... dictionaries of idioms,

phrases, collocations, etc.

Syntagmatic

Types of dictionaries (3)

•Traditional

•Alphabetical

•Synchronic

Conceptual

Diachronic

Non-traditional

Types of dictionaries (4)

•General

•Monolingual

•Comprehension

Bilingual (mono-/bidirectional)

Production

Specialized

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HOMEWORK• Fill in the following dictionary chart for a dictionary that you normally

use. Mark with an “x” the categories that apply. Explain your choices.

Name of dictionary:Author/publishing house:Year of publication:

linguistic non-linguistic

paradigmatic syntagmatic

traditional non-traditional

alphabetical conceptual

synchronic diachronic

general specialized

monolingual bilingual

comprehension production