Authors:Tarp, Sve,
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Keywords: knowledge, lexicography, learner, lexicographica, series, maior, focus, theory, borderland, non, general, lexicographical, particular
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2008-04-28
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 3484391340
ISBN-13: 9783484391345

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 ex

Authors:Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera, Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera,
Publisher: De Gruyter
Keywords: internationalen, zum, jahrbuch, fur, lexikographie, supplementbande, maior, dictionaries, learners, lexicographica, series, specialised
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 2010-03-17
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 3110231328
ISBN-13: 9783110231328

The need for constructing a lexicographical theory with a particular focus on specialised dictionaries for learners is well documented in recent publications. This will imply paying attention to, at least, four basic lexicographic categories: learners; the learner’s situation; the learner’s needs; dictionary assistance. In one or other way, these categories are analysed in this book, whose eleven chapters are grouped into three parts. Part 1 reflects on some of the main ideas defended by the function theory of lexicography, perhaps the theoretical framework that has paid more atten