Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography - Softcover

Landau, Sidney I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052178512X ISBN 13: 9780521785129

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This second edition of Sidney I. Landau's landmark work offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written, with particular attention to the ways in which computer technology has changed modern lexicography. Landau has an insider's practical knowledge of making dictionaries and every feature of the dictionary is examined and explained. Written in a readable style, free of jargon and unnecessary technical language, it will appeal to readers with no specialist knowledge of the field, as well as to professional lexicographers.

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Review:

"No other introduction to lexicography outshines the limpid style of Dictionaries or the rich balance of its contents." Journal of the Dictionary Society of America

"Here is a new thing under the sun: a virtually exhaustive treatment of lexicography...should be required reading for all lexicographers and can be heartily recommended to everyone else who cares to know what dictionaries are like and how to use them to best advantage." The Times Literary Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 052178512X
• ISBN 13: 9780521785129
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496