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Theory And Practice Of Examples In Bilingual Dictionaries

by Alfonso Rascón Caballero

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 The dictionary example is the culminating component of the information presented in articles of dictionaries intended for language learning. This study analyses the example comprehensively: its provenance, its theoretical status, its distinction from multiword lexical units (to be presented as infralemmas), types and specific functions. The example not only illustrates the data provided by the definition, the equivalent, the grammatical, collocational and pragmatic items, but also provides valuable complementary information on the use of each lexical unit described. Examples are models with which users can form other sentences but are also instantiations of the language that escape systematicity and reflect unpredictable but real uses. Theoretical reflection on the theory of the example (with special emphasis on the bilingual), analysis of how (especially bilingual) dictionaries present examples and what kind of information each type of example provides can assist lexicographers in planning their dictionaries and making theoretically based choices when it comes to the selection and presentation of examples.
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Theory And Practice Of Examples In Bilingual Dictionaries

by Alfonso Rascón Caballero

~~129,19€~~ 116,27€ 10% OFF

 The dictionary example is the culminating component of the information presented in articles of dictionaries intended for language learning. This study analyses the example comprehensively: its provenance, its theoretical status, its distinction from multiword lexical units (to be presented as infralemmas), types and specific functions. The example not only illustrates the data provided by the definition, the equivalent, the grammatical, collocational and pragmatic items, but also provides valuable complementary information on the use of each lexical unit described. Examples are models with which users can form other sentences but are also instantiations of the language that escape systematicity and reflect unpredictable but real uses. Theoretical reflection on the theory of the example (with special emphasis on the bilingual), analysis of how (especially bilingual) dictionaries present examples and what kind of information each type of example provides can assist lexicographers in planning their dictionaries and making theoretically based choices when it comes to the selection and presentation of examples.
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Discovery In Haste - English Medical Dictionaries And Lexicographers 1547 To 1796

by Roderick Mcconchie

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 Discovery in Haste is the first book to survey the English printed medical dictionary, a greatly under-researched area, from Andrew Boorde''s Breviary of Helthe of 1547 to Benjamin Lara’s surgical dictionary of 1796. The book begins with Andrew Boorde’s Breviary of Helthe of 1547, moves on to medical glossaries, which were produced through the whole period, the ‘physical dictionaries’ of the mid-seventeenth century which first employed ‘dictionary’ in the title, the translation into English of Steven Blancard’s dictionary, Latin medical dictionaries of the late seventeenth century by Thomas Burnet and John Cruso, the influential dictionary by John Quincy which dominated the eighteenth century, surgical dictionaries through to that by Benjamin Lara, Robert James’s massive encyclopaedic dictionary and the work derived from it by John Barrow, as well as George Motherby’s dictionary of 1775. The characteristics of each are discussed and their inter-relationships explored. Attention is also paid to the printing history and the way the publishers influenced the works and, where appropriate, to the influence each had on succeeding dictionaries. This book is the first to locate medical dictionaries within the history of lexicography.
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Studies On Multilingual Lexicography

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 Given the new technological advances and their influence and imprint in the design and development of dictionaries and lexicographic resources, it seems important to put together a series of publications that address this new situation, dealing in particular with multilingual and electronic lexicography in an increasingly digital, multilingual and multicultural society. This is the main objective of this volume, which is structured in two central aspects. In the first of them the concept of multilingual lexicography is discussed in regard to the influence that the Internet and the application of digital technologies have exercised and continue to exercise both in the conception and design of dictionaries and new lexicographic application tools as well as the emergence of new types of users and forms of consultation. The role of the dictionary must necessarily be related to social development and changes. In the second thematic section, different dictionaries and resources that focus on a multilingual and electronic approach to the linguistic data for their lexicographical treatment and consultation are presented.
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English-Latvian Lexicographic Tradition - A Critical Analysis

by Laura Karpinska

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 Provides a survey of the development of the English-Latvian lexicographic tradition considering the extra-linguistic factors which have influenced it. This book features of English-Latvian dictionaries at various structural levels, pinpoints the problematic aspects of the lexicographic tradition and more.
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Studies On Multilingual Lexicography

168,28€ + 10% CARD

 Given the new technological advances and their influence and imprint in the design and development of dictionaries and lexicographic resources, it seems important to put together a series of publications that address this new situation, dealing in particular with multilingual and electronic lexicography in an increasingly digital, multilingual and multicultural society. This is the main objective of this volume, which is structured in two central aspects. In the first of them the concept of multilingual lexicography is discussed in regard to the influence that the Internet and the application of digital technologies have exercised and continue to exercise both in the conception and design of dictionaries and new lexicographic application tools as well as the emergence of new types of users and forms of consultation. The role of the dictionary must necessarily be related to social development and changes. In the second thematic section, different dictionaries and resources that focus on a multilingual and electronic approach to the linguistic data for their lexicographical treatment and consultation are presented.
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Discovery In Haste - English Medical Dictionaries And Lexicographers 1547 To 1796

by Roderick Mcconchie

168,28€ + 10% CARD

 Discovery in Haste is the first book to survey the English printed medical dictionary, a greatly under-researched area, from Andrew Boorde''s Breviary of Helthe of 1547 to Benjamin Lara’s surgical dictionary of 1796. The book begins with Andrew Boorde’s Breviary of Helthe of 1547, moves on to medical glossaries, which were produced through the whole period, the ‘physical dictionaries’ of the mid-seventeenth century which first employed ‘dictionary’ in the title, the translation into English of Steven Blancard’s dictionary, Latin medical dictionaries of the late seventeenth century by Thomas Burnet and John Cruso, the influential dictionary by John Quincy which dominated the eighteenth century, surgical dictionaries through to that by Benjamin Lara, Robert James’s massive encyclopaedic dictionary and the work derived from it by John Barrow, as well as George Motherby’s dictionary of 1775. The characteristics of each are discussed and their inter-relationships explored. Attention is also paid to the printing history and the way the publishers influenced the works and, where appropriate, to the influence each had on succeeding dictionaries. This book is the first to locate medical dictionaries within the history of lexicography.
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Historical Dictionaries In Their Paratextual Context

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 Both dictionary and paratext research have emerged recently as widely-recognised research areas of intrinsic interest. This collection represents an attempt to place dictionaries within the paratextual context for the first time. This volume covers paratextual concerns, including dictionary production and use, questions concerning compilers, publishers, patrons and subscribers, and their cultural embedding generally. This book raises questions such as who compiled dictionaries and what cultural, linguistic and scientific notions drove this process. What influence did the professional interests, life experience, and social connexions of the lexicographer have? Who published dictionaries and why, and what do the forematter, backmatter, and supplements tell us? Lexicographers edited, adapted and improved earlier works, leaving copies with marginalia which illuminate working methods. Individual copies offer a history of ownership through marginalia, signatures, dates, places, and library stamps. Further questions concern how dictionaries were sold, who patronised them, subscribed to them, and how they came to various libraries.
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Historical Dictionaries In Their Paratextual Context

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 Both dictionary and paratext research have emerged recently as widely-recognised research areas of intrinsic interest. This collection represents an attempt to place dictionaries within the paratextual context for the first time. This volume covers paratextual concerns, including dictionary production and use, questions concerning compilers, publishers, patrons and subscribers, and their cultural embedding generally. This book raises questions such as who compiled dictionaries and what cultural, linguistic and scientific notions drove this process. What influence did the professional interests, life experience, and social connexions of the lexicographer have? Who published dictionaries and why, and what do the forematter, backmatter, and supplements tell us? Lexicographers edited, adapted and improved earlier works, leaving copies with marginalia which illuminate working methods. Individual copies offer a history of ownership through marginalia, signatures, dates, places, and library stamps. Further questions concern how dictionaries were sold, who patronised them, subscribed to them, and how they came to various libraries.
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The Use And Abuse Of Efl Dictionaries - How Learners Of English As A Foreign Language Read And Interpret Dictionary Entries

by Hilary Nesi

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 This volume examines some of the ways in which dictionary use has been studied, considers the problems encountered by researchers in this field, and presents a series of experiments which explore fundamental questions concerning the use of dictionaries by learners of English as a foreign language.
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Semantics And Lexicography - Selected Studies (1976-1996)

by Herbert Ernst Wiegand

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 Moreover, they discuss how meaning-conveying texts can serve their purposes in dictionary look-up situations, and they lay out all those aspects which are particularly to be taken into consideration in the formulation of lexicographic texts aimed at conveying meaning, in dictionaries belonging to different types.
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The Perfect Learners' Dictionary (?)

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 This volume undertakes a detailed analysis of the latest generation of learners' dictionaries of English. The aim is to exemplify specific differences of approach in the four dictionaries from a wide range of viewpoints (definitions, information on valency and collocations, policy on usage examples, political correctness, etc.).
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The Language Of Thieves And Vagabonds - 17th And 18th Century Canting Lexicography In England

by Maurizio Gotti

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 The volume analyses the main dictionaries and glossaries of the particular jargon spoken by thieves and vagabonds that appeared in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries - A Study Of Their Design Features From The User Perspective

by Martin Stark

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 This book describes and evaluates the usefulness of a recently developed lexicographical hybrid: the encyclopedic learner's dictionary (ELD). Two encyclopedic learners' dictionaries are dissected and compared, and a checklist of ELD design features is drawn up. Next, a critical analysis of each ELD design feature is provided.
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Turning A Bilingual Dictionary Into A Lexical-Semantic Database

by Thierry Fontenelle

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 This volume addresses the complex problem of the use and exploitation of bilingual lexical resources available in machine-readable form.
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Phraseology In English Academic Writing - Some Implications For Language Learning And Dictionary Making

by Peter Andrew Howarth

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 This study examines the use of prefabricated language (conventional lexical collocations) in the production of native and non-native writers of English. Computer-based corpora of native and advanced non-native academic writing are analysed to discover to what extent and how such collocations are used in formal written English.
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Cultures, Ideologies, And The Dictionary - Studies In Honor Of Ladislav Zgusta

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 A pioneering volume addressing issues related to cultures, ideologies, and the dictionary. A cross-cultural and cross-linguistic study with focus on selected Western and non-Western languages. A number of in-depth case studies illustrates the dominant role ideology and other types of bias play in the making of a dictionary.
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Forgotten But Important Lexicographers: John Wilkins And William Lloyd - A Modern Approach To Lexicography Before Johnson

by Fredric Dolezal

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 Abstract of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois.
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Lexicography In The Borderland Between Knowledge And Non-Knowledge - General Lexicographical Theory With Particular Focus On Learner'S Lexicography

by Sven Tarp

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 Contains a summary of the theoretical discussions within the field of lexicography. This book presents and argues for a fresh general theory, called the function theory. It also includes examples extracted from dictionaries which are discussed from the point of view of the theories formulated.
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Interlingual Lexicography - Selected Essays On Translation Equivalence, Constrative Linguistics And The Bilingual Dictionary

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 A selection of 24 essays on 'Interlingual Lexicography', including interdisciplinary approaches to translation equivalence, its analysis in contrastive text linguistics and its treatment in the bilingual dictionary, with particular attention to the user perspective, in English and German.
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The Role Of Dictionary Use In The Comprehension Of Idiom Variants

by Renata Szczepaniak

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 The study investigates the effects of the use of a monolingual learnerâ€™s dictionary on studentsâ€™ performance in a complex comprehension task of interpreting texts with modified idioms. The results reveal a mildly positive influence of the monolingual dictionary on reading comprehension.
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User-Friendliness Of Verb Syntax In Pedagogical Dictionaries Of English

by Anna Dziemianko

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 The study examines the user-friendliness of sources of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English. It relies mainly on the results of an experiment, where the user-friendliness was measured by the frequency with which the properly identified and useful syntactic information was located in entries compiled for the purpose of the research.
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Lexicography Then And Now - Selected Essays

by Ladislav Zgusta

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 This volume represents the lexicographic facet of the multifaceted scholar, Professor Zgusta: The editorial goal was to arrange the articles according to topic and then to construct a continuous narrative of ideas from the collected works while preserving some of the distinctiveness of individual articles.
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Translation And Bilingual Dictionaries

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 Is the bilingual dictionary really the translatorâ€™s best friend? It is difficult to verify anyway, as the literature on the subject(s) is limited, not helped by the fact that Lexicography and Translation have stood apart for decades despite their commonality of purpose.
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