The History of Lexicography
Papers from the Dictionary Research Centre Seminary at Exeter, March 1986
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1986
VIII, 265 pages
978-90-272-8634-5 (ISBN)
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Most dictionaries have forerunners, and all have imitators; an understanding of the historical foundations of dictionary-making is therefore one of the preconditions of further progress in academic lexicography. The papers in this volume, which were presented at the 1986 Exeter Seminar, survey most of the lexicographical traditions in the world, some tracing them right back to their beginnings. The programme was divided into eight sessions, with the following concentrations of topics: (1) three classical traditions, (2) the early history of European lexicography, (3) the beginnings of English lexicography, (4) further aspects of English lexicography, (5) the background of diverse national developments, (6) specific features of national developments, (7) pioneers of three genres, (8) recent trends in the English dictionary.
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Content
- THE HISTORY OF LEXICOGRAPHY
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- PREFACE
- A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE COD
- Notes
- References
- RICHELET'S 'DICTIONNAIRE FRANÇOIS' (1680) AS A SOURCE OF 'LA PORTE DES SIENCES' (1682) AND LE ROUX'S 'DICTIONAIRE COMIQUE' (1718)
- References
- THE HISTORY OF PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
- References
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY
- Introduction
- Buddhism and Bilingual Lexicography
- Chinese-Minority Language Lexicography
- Chinese Government and Bilingual Lexicography
- The West and Bilingual Lexicography
- Summary
- References
- HOW ABSTRACT IS THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY?
- Note
- References
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BILINGUAL ENGLISH-ARABIC DICTIONARY FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
- Introduction
- Arabic-English dictionaries
- English-Arabic lexicography
- References
- THE BEGINNINGS OF LEXICOGRAPHY IN CROATIA
- THE BEGINNINGS OF LEXICOGRAPHY IN CROATIA
- Introduction
- Printed lexicographical material
- The First major printed dictionary
- Conclusion
- References
- AFRIKAANS LEXICOGRAPHY
- Introduction
- Early lexicographical work and principles
- Objective definitions
- Bilingual dictionaries
- Monolingual dictionaries
- Compounds in monolingual dictionaries
- Conclusion
- References
- THE 'DUDEN RECHTSCHREIBUNG' 1880-1986: DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF A POPULAR DICTIONARY
- References
- LEARNED LEXICOGRAPHERS OF THE NORTH: SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY VIGNETTES
- References
- THE ENTRY IN MEDIEVAL ARABIC MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARIES: SOME ASPECTS OF ARRANGEMENT AND CONTENT
- References
- THE PARADIGM OF JOHN WILKINS' THESAURUS
- Paradigms in history
- 'Dictionary' vs. 'thesaurus'
- Wilkins' thesaurus
- The paradigm of Wilkins' thesaurus
- Scientific nomenclatures
- Practical thesauri
- Concluding remarks
- References
- LEXICOGRAPHIC ARCHAEOLOGY: COMPARING DICTIONARIES OF THE SAME FAMILY
- Facts about the language
- Problems of dictionary-making
- The training of lexicographers and reviewers
- References
- THE HUMANIST PERIOD IN RENAISSANCE BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY
- References
- LÁSZLÓ ORSZÁGH, THE LEXICOGRAPHER
- Introduction
- A brief survey of Hungarian lexicography
- Monolingual dictionary-making
- Bilingual dictionary-making
- References
- THEMATIC LEXICOGRAPHY
- References
- FOUR REMARKS ON THE PREHISTORY OF HISTORICAL LEXICOGRAPHY
- References
- THE FIRST ENGLISH DICTIONARY? A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY COMPILER AT WORK
- Compiling procedures
- Projected length
- Definitions
- Deletions and corrections
- Word selection
- Source
- References
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENERAL MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARY IN POLAND
- References
- COMPETING LEXICOGRAPHICAL TRADITIONS IN AMERICA
- References
- THE BILINGUAL DICTIONARY - VICTIM OF ITS OWN TRADITION?
- The bilingual word lists of Old Babylonia
- Old Babylonia and the Western tradition
- The concept of 'Eigenbegrifflichkeit'
- Notes
- References
- SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH-VERNACULAR DICTIONARIES
- 1) Matching dictionaries
- 2) Pronunciation and/or grammar
- 3) Standard vs non-standard
- 4) All-inclusiveness
- 5) Coverage
- 6) Order of entries
- 7) Literary references
- 8) Usage restrictions
- References
- THE THREE-CENTURY RECENSION IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY
- Note
- References
- APPENDIX A: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CITED DICTIONARIES
- APPENDIX B: SEMINAR PROGRAMME
- APPENDIX C: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- The series Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
