Living Words: Language, Lexicography, and the Knowledge RevolutionUniversity of Exeter Press, 1998 - 284 pagina's In this unique and entertaining collection of articles, a noted scholar and compiler of key works of reference reflects on the nature of language, the art of lexicography and the breath-taking developments in communication, the media and information technology in the late twentieth century. This book ranges widely over three main linked subjects: - Language at large and in particular English, the most widely used language in the history of the world - The art and study of dictionaries and reference science, embracing all past, present and potential reference materials-from the OED to the Yellow Pages - The processes through which communication, information and knowledge have evolved-from cave art to the personal computer. |
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our vocabularies and dictionaries | 27 |
The vocabularycontrol movement in the English language | 50 |
or where do you stand in | 77 |
The usage industry | 89 |
Problems of purism and usage in editing English Today | 98 |
The printed word in the Englishspeaking world | 118 |
The background and nature of ELT learners dictionaries | 133 |
Thematic lexicography | 149 |
dictionaries for a universal | 201 |
What then is reference science? | 215 |
The scholarly guild | 223 |
the romance of the database | 237 |
Representing knowledge for human consumption | 243 |
The Unabridged Devils Dictionary | 256 |
References | 265 |
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Living Words: Language, Lexicography, and the Knowledge Revolution Tom McArthur Fragmentweergave - 1998 |
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