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Summary
In this book, the development of the English dictionary is examined, along with the kinds of dictionary available, the range of information they contain, factors affecting their usage, and public attitudes towards them. As well as an descriptive analysis of word meaning, the author considers whether a thematic, thesaurus-like presentation might be more suited than the traditional alphabetical format to the description of words and their meaning.
Table of Contents
| What is a word? | |
| Where did English words come from? | |
| Dictionaries: the repositories of words | |
| Words and the world | |
| Words and words | |
| Analysing word meanings | |
| Meaning from combinations | |
| Why dictionaries? | |
| How to define a word | |
| More than meaning | |
| Different dictionaries | |
| Especially for the learner | |
| Who uses a dictionary for what? | |
| Not alphabetical | |
| The craft of lexicography | |
| Lexicology, lexicography and semantics | |
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