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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Henri Béjoint (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Lyon)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.70cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 1.084kg ISBN: 9780198299677ISBN 10: 0198299672 Pages: 516 Publication Date: 25 March 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Dictionaries and The Dictionary 2: A Brief History of English Dictionaries 3: The British Tradition of the Scholarly Dictionary 4: The American Tradition of the Utility Dictionary 5: A New Tradition: the Dictionary for Foreign Students 6: English Dictionaries of the Twentieth Century: the Cultural, the Functional, and the Scientific 7: The Study of Dictionary Users and Uses 8: Lexicography and Linguistics 9: Computers and Corpora in Lexicography 10: A Theory of Lexicography? Conclusion Bibliography 1 Dictionaries 2 Other Works IndexReviewsA splendid volume. Henri Bejoint displays a quite astonishing range of reference, and I think he manages the French connection with great tact. Noel Osselton magisterial review of the lexicography of English...Henri Bejoint has produced a scholarly account of English lexicography that ranges broadly across the field. Dictionaries are mouthpieces of a culture ; Bejoint shows how we have codified our culture in our dictionaries. Howard Jackson, Times Literary Supplement Henri Bejoint has produced a scholarly account of English lexicography that ranges broadly across the field. Times Literary Supplement The Lexicography of English is a very interesting and stimulating book and I read it from cover to cover with a lot of pleasure. It tackles all the hot topics that are currently debated in lexicography circles today and can serve as a useful reference tool for teaching and for research A highly readable book which provides a real treasure trove of food for thought for anyone who is interested in dictionaries in general, and English dictionaries in particular. Thierry Fontenelle, International Journal of Lexicography A splendid volume. Henri Bejoint displays a quite astonishing range of reference, and I think he manages the French connection with great tact. Noel Osselton magisterial review of the lexicography of English...Henri Bejoint has produced a scholarly account of English lexicography that ranges broadly across the field. Dictionaries are mouthpieces of a culture ; Bejoint shows how we have codified our culture in our dictionaries. Howard Jackson, Times Literary Supplement A splendid volume. Henri Bejoint displays a quite astonishing range of reference, and I think he manages the French connection with great tact. Noel Osselton Author InformationHenri Béjoint is Professor Emeritus at the University of Lyon. In 1997-8 he was President of the European Association for Lexicography. He has published extensively on lexicography in French and English, including Tradition and Innovation in Modern English Dictionaries (OUP 1994) and, with Richard Wakely, French Usage (OUP 1996). With Phillippe Thoiron he is co-editor of Les Dictionnaires Bilingues (Duculot 1996) and Le Sens en terminologie (Presses Universitaires de Lyon 2000) and, with François Maniez, of De la mesure dans les termes (Presses Universitaires de Lyon 2005). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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