Lexicography in the Borderland between Knowledge and Non-Knowledge : : General Lexicographical Theory with Particular Focus on Learner's Lexicography / / Sven Tarp.

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• VerfasserIn: Tarp, Sven,
• Place / Publishing House: Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Lexicographica. Series Maior : Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie , 134
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)

The book contains a state-of-the-art summary of the theoretical discussions within the field of lexicography during the last decades. On this basis it presents and argues for a new general theory, called the function theory. It goes on to develop this theory in one single field, i.e. learners lexicography where it both formulates the basic elements of a general theory for learners’ dictionaries as well as a number of specific theories for special subfields such as selection, meaning, semantic relations, morphology, syntactic properties and word combinations. It contains a big number of examples extracted from existing dictionaries which are discussed from the point of view of the theories formulated.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- 1. Preface -- 2. The philosophical and scientific status of lexicography -- 3. General lexicographical theory: other traditions and paradigms -- 4. General lexicographical theory: function theory -- 5. General theory for learner’s dictionaries -- 6. Specific theories for learner’s dictionaries -- 7. Brief points on Danish learner’s dictionaries -- 8. Conclusion -- Backmatter