Lexicography in the Borderland between Knowledge and Non-Knowledge

Sven Tarp

ISBN 10: 3484391340 / ISBN 13: 9783484391345

Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2008

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lexicography in the Borderland between Knowledge and Non-Knowledge
• Publisher: De Gruyter, DE
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3484391340
• ISBN 13: 9783484391345
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Sven Tarp, Center for Lexicography, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark.