English-Latvian Lexicographic Tradition : : A Critical Analysis / / Laura Karpinska.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Karpinska, Laura,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Lexicographica. Series Maior : Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie , 148
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

Since 1987 when the first English explanatory dictionary fully based on corpus evidence was published, considerable changes related to the choice of lexicographic evidence have affected the field of lexicography. On this background (even though the volume of the lexicographic material is ample) the English-Latvian lexicographic tradition looks rather traditional and even somewhat stagnant. Thus, there is an urgent need for a detailed analytical inventory of English-Latvian dictionaries in order to facilitate new dictionary projects. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development of the English-Latvian lexicographic tradition considering the various extra-linguistic factors which have influenced it. It studies the typical features of English-Latvian dictionaries traced throughout the tradition at the levels of their mega-, macro- and microstructure, pinpoints the problematic aspects of English-Latvian lexicography and offers theoretically grounded solutions for improving the quality of future English-Latvian dictionaries.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Types of bilingual dictionaries, their functions and users’ needs -- 3. Primary and secondary sources of evidence in bilingual lexicography -- 4. Structural levels of bilingual dictionaries -- 5. Development of Latvian bilingual and multilingual lexicography -- 6. Analysis of structural levels of English-Latvian dictionaries -- 7. Guidelines for a model of a general ELD -- 8. Conclusions -- 9. Bibliography -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Index -- Kopsavilkums -- Zusammenfassung