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Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography

by Sidney Landau

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Publisher Comments:

This second edition of Sidney I. Landau's landmark work offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written, with particular attention to the ways in which computer technology has changed modern lexicography. Landau has an insider's practical knowledge of making dictionaries and every feature of the dictionary is examined and explained. Written in a readable style, free of jargon and unnecessary technical language, it will appeal to readers with no specialist knowledge of the field, as well as to professional lexicographers.

Review:

"Here is a new thing under the sun: a virtually exhaustive treatment of lexicography...should be required reading for all lexicographers and can be heartily recommended to everyone else who cares to know what dictionaries are like and how to use them to best advantage." The Times Literary Supplement

Review:

"No other introduction to lexicography outshines the limpid style of Dictionaries or the rich balance of its contents." Journal of the Dictionary Society of America"Here is a new thing under the sun: a virtually exhaustive treatment of lexicography...should be required reading for all lexicographers and can be heartily recommended to everyone else who cares to know what dictionaries are like and how to use them to best advantage." The Times Literary Supplement

Synopsis:

Offers a comprehensive description of how dictionaries are researched and written.

Synopsis:

This second edition of Sidney I. Landau's landmark work offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written. Free of jargon and unnecessary technical language, it will appeal to readers with no specialist knowledge of the field, as well as to professional lexicographers.

Synopsis:

This second edition offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written.
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations; Preface to the paperback edition; Preface and acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What is a dictionary; 2. A brief history of English lexicography; 3. Key elements of dictionaries and other language references; 4. Definition; 5. Usage; 6. Dictionary making; 7. Computer use and the future of dictionary making; 8. A miscellany; Notes; Index.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780521785129
Subtitle:
The Art and Craft of Lexicography
Author:
Landau, Sidney
Author:
Landau, Sidney I.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Location:
Cambridge
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Dictionaries
Subject:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Library & Information Science
Subject:
Lexicography
Subject:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Dictionaries - General
Subject:
General Language Arts & Disciplines
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Revised
Series Volume:
105-101
Publication Date:
April 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
496
Dimensions:
9.06x6.10x1.23 in. 1.64 lbs.
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