Authors:Pedro A. Fuertes-olivera, Ascensi¢n Arribas-bano,
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Keywords: lexicography, dictionaries, terminology, research, business, practice, english, specialised, representation, meaning, pedagogical, spanish
Number of Pages: 165
Published: 2008-07-03
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 9027223351
ISBN-13: 9789027223357

This stimulating new book, which combines dictionary research and linguistic knowledge, analyses the representation of meaning in business dictionaries from a pedagogical perspective. By examining in detail the macrostructure, mediostructure, access structure and microstructure of eight business dictionaries, this book presents interesting findings on how the dictionaries studied represent the ’noun-term’, and on how they cope with the principles of new lexicography that aims at solving the needs of a specific type of user with specific types of problems related to a specific type

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