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. A 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

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.

1. Task 4. Project work. Ex. 1. P. 16.

2. 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)

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: