The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics) - Hardcover

 
9781108836241: The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1108836240 ISBN 13: 9781108836241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

There is no such thing as 'the dictionary'. Rather, there are innumerable kinds of dictionaries that respond to their authors' aspirations and their users' needs. In each case, the negotiation among a dictionary's material, its authors, and its readers tells a rich cultural story. Bringing together cutting-edge research from an international team of experts, this interdisciplinary Handbook provides an all-encompassing account of dictionaries in context. Organized into five thematic parts, its chapters cover a multitude of topics such as types of dictionaries, the place of dictionaries in intellectual, cultural and book history, and dictionaries as material objects, as well as their visual design. It also explores the role of dictionaries in a select group of special fields where words especially matter (for instance, law), the business contexts in which dictionaries are made, and finally the future of dictionaries. There is no fuller or more compelling overview of dictionaries available today.

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About the Authors

Edward Finegan is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Law at the University of Southern California. He served as President of the Dictionary Society of North America and of the International Association of Forensic Linguists. He has published widely on dictionaries and attitudes toward dictionaries.

Michael Adams is Provost Professor in the Department of English at Indiana University at Bloomington. He has contributed to the Middle English Dictionary, the American Heritage Dictionaries, and the Barnhart Dictionary Companion and served as editor of the journals Dictionaries and American Speech. He is a Fellow of the Dictionary Society of North America.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108836240
ISBN 13 
9781108836241
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
801
Editor
Finegan Edward, Adams Michael