Semantics and Lexicography : Selected Studies (1976-1996)


Herbert Ernst. Wiegand
Bok Engelsk 1999 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Berlin : : De Gruyter, , 1999.
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1 online resource (356 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface; Introduction; Synonymy and its Role in Monolingual Lexicography; Thinking about Dictionaries: Current Problems; Languages for Special Purposes in the Monolingual Dictionary: Criticism, Provocations, and Practical and Pragmatic-oriented Suggestions; On the Meaning Explanation of Sentence Adverbs in Monolingual Dictionaries. A Contribution to Practical Lexicology; Synonyms Appearing in Major Alphabetical Dictionaries of Contemporary German; A New Theory of the So-called Lexicographic Definition; Elements of a Theory towards a So-called Lexicographic Definition. - Are Most of the Cumulative Dictionaries of Synonyms really Useless Bestsellers?On the Distinction between Semantic and Encyclopaedic Data in Domain-specific Dictionaries; Epilogue; Literature. - This volume is a compilation of nine articles, translated from German. They deal with those lexicographic texts or text excerpts which have been formulated in order to convey the meaning of a lexical unit to a potential dictionary user who is not familiar with that meaning. The articles not only critically analyze lexicographic practice, in particular the so-called lexicographic definitions and the items giving the synonyms in correlation with the examples, in the light of different semantic approaches. They also present ways towards a common understanding in the context of lexicographically i
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