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ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY

1. Lexicography as a branch of applied linguistics.

2. Types of dictionaries.

   1. General and special dictionaries.

   2. Unilingual and bi-/multilingual dictionaries.

   3. Dictionaries concentrated on one of the distinctive features of the word.

3. .Historical development of British and American lexicography.

   1. Table Alphbeticall by R. Cawdrey.

   2. Samuel Johnson's dictionary.

   3. OED - Oxford English Dictionary.

   4. The American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster.

4. The main problems in lexicography.

   1. The selection of words.

      1. The selection of head-words: separate entries or one common head-word.

      2. The scope of historical element in a general descriptive dictionary.

      3. Selection between scientific and technical terms.

      4. The selection of words and their frequency.

   2. Arrangement of an entry.

      1. The sequence of meanings of a polysemantic word.

      2. 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:

1. Speak on points 1 – 4.

2. Sum up your knowledge of dictionary types and fill in the table:

CRITERION	TYPES OF DICTIONARIES
nature of word-list
information supplied
language of the explanation
prospective user