Слайд 1Introduction to English Lexicography
Слайд 2Lexicography
A branch of lexical science engaged in dictionary making
Слайд 3Dictionary
A collection of words and phrases of a language in
a book or in a media resource listed alphabetically, together
with their definitions or translations into another language
Слайд 4Partitions of Lexicography
Theoretical: involves scientific research
Practical: deals with the
actual publication of dictionaries
The division is rather abstract as the
basic feature of Lexicography is being chiefly practice-oriented
Слайд 5Functions of Practical Lexicography
Assistance in teaching a language
Description and standardization
of vocabulary
Stimulation of intercultural dialogue
Provision of data for academic study
of the language wordstock
Слайд 6Contribution into Theoretical Lexicography
Has been flourishing since 1980-s
Owes much to
the following names:
R.R.K. Hartmann
L. Zgusta
S. Landau
B. Atkins
K. Varantola
H. Bejoint
B. Svensen
L.
Stupin
O. Karpova
V. Dubitchinskiy
Y. Karaoulov
D. Dobrovolskiy
S. Ter-Minasova, etc.
Слайд 7Lexicography Centers and Unions
INTERLEX (International Lexicography Course, Exeter, Great
Britain)
DRC (Dictionary Research Center, Exeter and Birmingham, Great Britain)
Dictionary Society
of North America
EURALEX (European Association of Lexicography, has grown to embrace lexicographers of the USA, Australia, Japan, etc.)
Слайд 8Lexicography Periodicals
Dictionaries (Dictionary Society of North America)
Lexicographica
International Lexicography Journal (EURALEX),
etc.
Слайд 9Classification of Dictionaries
Object of description
Number of languages appearing in a
dictionary
Size of the dictionary corpus
Lexicographic form
Differentiation of the vocabulary registered
Synchronic
\ diachronic approach
Слайд 10Object of Description
Linguistic dictionaries: register language units, provide a description
of their linguistic properties (lexical and grammatical meaning, stylistic value,
etc.)
Encyclopaedic dictionaries: are concerned with the denotata of the lexical units, give information about the extra-linguistic world
Many modern dictionaries tend to include encyclopaedic information, so the division becomes less strict
Слайд 11Number of Languages Used in a Dictionary
Monolingual (explanatory)
Bilingual and multilingual
(parallel)
Bilingualized: translation of an authoritative and trustworthy reference books and
dictionaries into a national language
Слайд 12Size of the Dictionary Corpus
Large (in several volumes, over 600
000 vocabulary units)
Medium (between 300 000 and 600 000 vocabulary
units)
Concise (between 30 000 and 300 000 vocabulary units)
Pocket \ Gem (fewer than 30 000 units, pocket size)
Слайд 13Lexicographic Form (way units are organized)
Concordance (dictionary of quotations): organized
in the alphabetical or chronological order of appearance of their
headwords
Index: dictionary of word frequency
Alphabetical (explanatory) dictionary:
Слайд 14
Differentiation of the vocabulary registered