Problems in Lexicography: A Critical/Historical Edition

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Problems in Lexicography is an essential, classic work of practical lexicography (the practice of writing dictionaries) and meta-lexicography. Originally published over sixty years ago, it was based on the proceedings of the Indiana University Conference on Lexicography, held November 11–12, 1960. It set a standard that still holds today, three generations later. This critical and historical edition, brilliantly researched and presented by Michael Adams, explores the enduring legacy of this classic work and promises to extend its life further into the twenty-first century. Problems in Lexicography: A Critical/Historical Edition amply demonstrates that this unique work is a book of historical significance and a worthy prologue to lexicography's present. Contents Preface Part One: Introduction 1 A Conference, a Book, and Their Context 2 Contents 3 Reception 4 Text 5 Contributors and Contributions Notes Part Two: Problems in Lexicography Foreword I The Preparation of Dictionaries I: Theoretical Considerations A Typological Classification of Dictionaries on the Basis of Distinctive Features • Yakov Malkiel Lexicographical Definition in Descriptive Semantics • Uriel Weinreich What Belongs in a Bilingual Dictionary? • Mary R. Haas Some Notes on Bilingual Lexicography • Richard S. Harrell, with an Appendix by Ann M. Driscoll Recommendations on the Selection of Entries for a Bilingual Dictionary • Donald C. Swanson Comments • Dean Stoddard Worth II Structural Linguistics and the Preparation of Dictionaries The Relation of Lexicon and Grammar • H. A. Gleason, Jr. Lexicography and Grammar • Henry M. Hoenigswald Structural Linguistics and Bilingual Dictionaries • Kemp Malone Lexicographical Treatment of Folk Taxonomies • Harold C. Conklin Comments • James Sledd III The Preparation of Dictionaries II: Practical Considerations Selection and Presentation of Ready Equivalents in a Translation Dictionary • Samuel E. Martin Problems in Editing Commercial Monolingual Dictionaries • C. L. Barnhart Use and Preparation of Specialized Glossaries • Meredith F. Burrill and Edwin Bonsack, Jr. Meaning Discrimination in Bilingual Dictionaries • James E. Iannucci The Labeling of National and Regional Variation in Popular Dictionaries • Allen Walker Read Comments • William Gedney IV Lexicographical Problems in Specific Languages Lexicographical Problems in Pashto • O. L. Chavarría-Aguilar and Herbert Penzl Problems in Modern Greek Lexicography • Henry and Renée Kahane Problems of Turkish Lexicography • Andreas Tietze Comments • William S. Cornyn V Appendices Summary Report • F. W. Householder Program of the Conference Participants in the Conference References Index