Modern Lexicography by Henri Bjoint
Dictionaries of the national language of a country are an essential and quite frequently controversial part of social life and learning. This is an account of how such dictionaries are made, how they are used, and the issues and problems that face their writers and editors. It is wide-ranging, scholarly, yet readable in its approach, addressing the linguistic problems in areas such as distinguishing meanings, writing definition, and providing synonyms.
Henri Béjoint has produced a scholarly account of English lexicography that ranges broadly across the field* Times Literary Supplement *
Addresses many important issues that traditional English lexicography has yet to come to terms with ... much food for thought. * Notes on Linguistics *
Addresses many important issues that traditional English lexicography has yet to come to terms with ... much food for thought. * Notes on Linguistics *
Henri Béjoint is a Senior Lecturer in the Départment de Langues Etrangères Appliquées, Université Lyon 2. He is co-editor (with Pierre J. L. Arnaud) of Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics (Macmillan, 1992).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198299516 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198299516 |
| Title | Modern Lexicography |
| Author | Henri Bjoint |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2000-10-19 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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