- •English lexicography
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- •Main concepts of the theme:
- •The Beginning of Modern Dictionary Practice Year Author /Editor Dictionary Size /Type
- •Dictionaries of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- •Year Author /Editor Dictionary Size /Type
- •Year Author /Editor Dictionary Size /Type
English lexicography
Lexicography as a branch of applied linguistics.
Types of dictionaries.
General and special dictionaries.
Unilingual and bi-/multilingual dictionaries.
Dictionaries concentrated on one of the distinctive features of the word.
.Historical development of British and American lexicography.
A Table Alphbeticall by R. Cawdrey.
Samuel Johnson's dictionary.
OED - Oxford English Dictionary.
The American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster.
The main problems in lexicography.
The selection of words.
The selection of head-words: separate entries or one common head-word.
The scope of historical element in a general descriptive dictionary.
Selection between scientific and technical terms.
The selection of words and their frequency.
Arrangement of an entry.
The sequence of meanings of a polysemantic word.
The problem of definition: linguistic or encyclopedic.
Recommended reading:
Arnold, Irina. The English Word. Chapter XVI- Moscow: Vyshaja Shkola. 1966. – P. 315 - 334.
Rayevskaya N.M. English Lexicology. Chapter 15.– Kiev.: “Vysca Scola”, 1979. – P. 291 – 296.
Kozlova T. O. Learning to Learn: Discover Anglophone Culture Through Dictionary Research. Part I. The World of Dictionaries: Exploring Reference Works. – Zaporizhzhya, 2003. – 43 p.
Erdmann P., See-Young Cho. A Brief History of English Lexicography. - Department of Linguistics, Fak I, Technical University Berlin, Germany, 1997-2000// http://angli02.kgw.tu-berlin.de/lexicography/b_history.html
Main concepts of the theme:
dictionary
dictionary of word-frequency
encyclopedic dictionary
etymological dictionary
explanatory dictionary
ideographic dictionary
lexicography
linguistic dictionary
slang dictionary
translation dictionary
usage dictionary
TASKS:
Speak on points 1 – 4.
Sum up your knowledge of dictionary types and fill in the table:
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CRITERION
TYPES OF DICTIONARIES
nature of word-list
information supplied
language of the explanation
prospective user
III. Do the following Projects from Kozlova T. O. Learning to Learn: Discover Anglophone Culture Through Dictionary Research. Part I. The World of Dictionaries: Exploring Reference Works. – Zaporizhzhya, 2003. – 43 p.
Task 4. Project work. Ex. 1. P. 16.
Task 6. Project Work. Genres of Diachronic Dictionaries. Ex-s 1 – 4. P. 21 – 24.
3. Section 4. Typology of Dictionaries. Tasks 8 – 10. P. 30 –35.
IV. Rely upon the results of Prof. Dr. P. Erdmann's and Dr. S.-Y. Cho’s research to refer English Dictionaries to the relevant periods in English lexicography. Fill in the table below. The first is done for you:
years (from…to…) |
period |
list of dictionaries and their brief description |
1440 - 1565 |
Renaissance and Reformation |
3 – Latin and French Glossaries glossaries compiled to accompany Latin Biblical texts; dictionaries of hard French words for common Anglo-Saxons (effects of Norman Conquest) |
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Periods:
Renaissance and Reformation
Civil war, Cromwell and a United Commonwealth
From Restoration to the Industrial revolution
The Industrial revolution and Napoleonic War
Liberal reform, the First World War, the Second World War and after.
Lists of Dictionaries: