Teaching and Researching Lexicography

<p>Who compiles dictionaries and other reference works? Which are used by whom? How do they achieve their purpose?<br><br>Lexicography is a very important subject and the product of lexicography, the Dictionary, is a valuable resource in language learning.<br><br><em>Teaching and Researching Lexicography</em> explains the relations between lexicographic practice (dictionary-making) and theory (dictionary research), with special reference to the perspectives of:</p><ul> <li>dictionary history </li> <p> </p> <li>dictionary criticism </li> <p> </p> <li>dictionary typology</li> <p> </p> <li>dictionary structure</li> <p> </p> <li>dictionary use</li> </ul><p>The final section of the book contains a variety of useful resources, including relevant related websites, a glossary of terms and a bibliography of cited dictionaries. This section can also be found on the Teaching and Researching Lexicography companion web-site.<br><br>Written in a highly accessible style, Teaching and Researching Lexicography provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date and international coverage of this field in English, and will be of great interest to lexicographers, language teachers and applied linguists.</p> <p>Preface <br> <br>SECTION I: LEXICOGRAPHY IN PRACTICE AND THEORY <br> <br>1. The Lexicographic Scene <br>2. Lexicography as Practice <br>3. Lexicography as Theory<br> <br>SECTION II: PERSPECTIVES ON DICTIONARY RESEARCH<br> <br>4. Historical and Critical Perspectives<br>5. Structural and Typological Perspectives<br>6. The User Perspective<br> <br>SECTION III: ISSUES, METHODS AND CASE STUDIES <br><br>7. Issues in Dictionary Research<br>8. Methods in Dictionary Research<br>9. Case Studies<br> <br>SECTION IV: RESOURCES <br> <br>10. Information Sources, including Websites <br>11. Glossary of Terms in Lexicography and Dictionary Research <br> <br>Bibliography. <br>Cited dictionaries. <br>Other references. <br>Index.</p>