The Bloomsbury Handbook of Lexicography (Bloomsbury Handbooks)

A definitive guide to the long tradition of lexicography, this handbook is a rigorous and systematic overview of the field and its recent developments. Featuring key topics, research areas, new directions and a manageable guide to beginning and developing research in the field, this one-volume reference provides both a survey of current research and more practical guidance for advanced study. Fully updated and revised to take account of recent developments, in particular innovations in digital technology and online lexicography, this second edition features: – 6 new chapters, covering metalexicography, lexicography for Asian languages, lexicography for endangered and minority languages, onomasiological lexicography, collaborative lexicography, and internet dictionaries – Thoroughly revised chapters on learner dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries and future directions, alongside a significantly updated third part on ‘New Directions in Lexicography’, accounting for innovations in digital lexicography – An expanded glossary of key terms and an updated annotated bibliography Identifying and describing the central concepts associated with lexicography and its main branches of study, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Lexicography demonstrates the direct influence of linguistics on the development of the field and is an essential resource for anyone interested in this area. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors 1 Introduction Howard Jackson 2 A history of research in lexicography Paul Bogaards Part I Research methods and problems 3 Researching lexicographical practice Lars Trap-Jensen 4 Methods in dictionary criticism Kaoru Akasu 5 Researching users and uses of dictionaries Hilary Nesi 6 Methods in (meta)lexicography Howard Jackson Part II Current research and issues 7 Using corpora as data sources for dictionaries Adam Kilgarriff 8 Researching the use of electronic dictionaries Verónica Pastor and Amparo Alcina 9 Researching historical lexicography and etymology John Considine 10 Researching pedagogical lexicography Amy Chi 11 Monolingual learners’ dictionaries – past and future Shigeru Yamada 12 Issues in compiling bilingual dictionaries Arleta Adamska-Sałaciak 13 Aspects of African language lexicography D. J. Prinsloo 14 Issues in sign language lexicography Inge Zwitserlood, Jette Hedegaard Kristoffersen and Thomas Troelsgård 15 Identifying, ordering and defining senses Robert Lew 16 A theory of lexicography – is there one? Tadeusz Piotrowski 17 Compiling dictionaries for minority and endangered languages Verna Stutzman and Kevin Warfel 18 Aspects of multi-word expressions in Asian lexicography Vincent B. Y. Ooi, Ai Inoue, Kilim Nam and Cuilian Zhao 19 Issues in onomasiological lexicography Gerardo Sierra 20 Issues in collaborative and crowdsourced lexicography Franck Sajous and Amélie Josselin-Leray Part III New directions in lexicography 21 Theoretical, technological and financial challenges: Some reflections for making online dictionaries Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera 22 The future of historical dictionaries, with special reference to the online OED and thesaurus Charlotte Brewer 23 The future of dictionaries, dictionaries of the future Sandro Nielsen 24 The design of internet dictionaries Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus and Frank Michaelis 25 Resources Reinhard Hartmann Glossary of lexicographic terms Barbara Ann Kipfer Annotated bibliography Howard Jackson Names Index General Index "A definitive guide to the long tradition of lexicography, this handbook is a rigorous and systematic overview of the field and its recent developments. Featuring key topics, research areas, new directions and a manageable guide to beginning and developing research in the field, this one-volume reference provides both a survey of current research and more practical guidance for advanced study. Fully updated and revised to take account of recent developments, in particular innovations in digital technology and online lexicography, this second edition features: 6 new chapters, covering metalexicography, lexicography for Asian languages, lexicography for endangered and minority languages, onomasiological lexicography, collaborative lexicography, and internet dictionaries ; Thoroughly revised chapters on learner dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries and future directions, alongside a significantly updated third part on 'New Directions in Lexicography', accounting for innovations in digital lexicography ; An expanded and updated glossary of key terms. Identifying and describing the central concepts associated with lexicography and its main branches of study, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Lexicography demonstrates the direct influence of linguistics on the development of the field and is an essential resource for anyone interested in this area."-- Provided by publisher