Lexicography Books

Book SynopsisThe "Synagoge" (Gk: collection of useful word explanations) is one of the most important lexicographical sources from early Byzantine times. The anonymous author quotes extracts from the works of ancient authors which have not been preserved elsewhere and gives details of customs and myths from the epoch. At the same time, he presents his own age and provides a rich source of information on education and scholarship. The present edition combines all the available manuscripts of the oldest version of the "Synagoge", and thus provides the first complete and critical survey of the context of the genesis and developmental stages of this work. In addition, the second part presents a new edition of the letter alpha from manuscript B, which contains particul-arly valuable data and thus required a new edition, the only previous version dating back to 1828. Comprehensive indexes provide access to the edition.Trade Review"Die neue Ausgabe der Synagoge ist praktisch die erste Ausgabe, die diesen Namen verdient. Es ist ein grundsolides und zuverlassiges Werk, das eine grosse Lucke unserer Kenntnis schliesst; wir haben dem Autor fur seine langjahrige und aufopferungsvolle Arbeit zu danken:"Helmut von Thiel in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift 2/2005

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Book SynopsisThe recent history of linguistics has witnessed the development of some disciplines that were conceived apart but benefited from common intuitions. One example of this phenomenon is the relationship established throughout time between pragmatics and corpus linguistics. Although their arrival heralded the application of two paradigms based on distant theoretical principles, they always showed an interest in their mutual advances and their practical reconciliation gave birth to an intellectual synergy that proved very fruitful. The present volume is an homage to the symbiosis of pragmatics and corpus linguistics and gathers the works of some of the scholars that have striven to create the liaison between them for a better understanding of language.

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Book SynopsisThe theory of signifying (significs), formulated and introduced by Victoria Welby for the first time in 1890s, is at the basis of much of twentieth-century linguistics, as well as in other language and communication sciences such as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, translation theory and semiotics. Indirectly, the origins of approaches, methods and categories elaborated by analytical philosophy, Wittgenstein himself, Anglo-American speech act theory, and pragmatics are largely found with Victoria Lady Welby. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say, in addition, that Welby is the "founding mother" of semiotics. Some of Peirce's most innovative writings - for example, those on existential graphs - are effectively letters to Lady Welby. She was an esteemed correspondent of scholars such as Bertrand Russell, Charles K. Ogden, Herbert G. Wells, Ferdinand S. C. Schiller, Michel Bréal, André Lalande, the brothers Henry and William James, and Peirce, as well as Frederik van Eeden, Mary Everst Boole, Ferdinand Tönnies, and Giovanni Vailati. Her writings directly inspired the Signific Movement in the Netherlands, important for psycholinguistics, linguistics and semantics and inaugurated by van Eeden and developed by such authors as Gerrit Mannoury. This volume, containing introductions and commentaries, presents a selection from Welby's published and unpublished writings delineating the whole course of her research through to developments with the Significs Movement in the Netherlands and still other ramifications, contemporary and subsequent to her. A selection of essays by first-generation significians contributing to the Signific Movement in the Netherlands completes the collection, testifying to the progress of significs after Welby and even independently from her. This volume contributes to the reconstruction on both the historical and theoretical levels of an important period in the history of ideas. The aim of the volume is to convey a sense of the theoretical topicality of significs and its developments, especially in semiotics, and in particular its thematization of the question of values and the connection with signs, meaning, and understanding, therefore with human verbal and nonverbal behavior, language and communication.

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Book SynopsisAtong is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India and Bangladesh. In this dictionary, Seino van Breugel provides a rigorous, well-illustrated and well-referenced lexical description of the language, making this book of great interest and value to general linguists, typologists, as well as area specialists and cultural anthropologists. Comprising not only of an Atong-English, but also an English-Atong dictionary, as well as semantic lexica, this volume is one of the most thorough lexical descriptions of a Bodo-Garo language to date. The grammatical lexica allow the reader quick access to lists of members of the various Atong word classes, collocations and idiomatic expressions. The grammatical compendium makes this book self-contained, while its many references link it to the rest of the author’s corpus on the Atong language. The appendix of photos not only provides visual illustrations to many of the Atong dictionary entries, but also offers the reader a glance at the physical environment in which the language is spoken.

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Book SynopsisA monograph about structural entities originating in the lexicon - that is, about word structure - as well as about the structural characteristics of the lexicon as a module of formal grammar.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Noun-plus-noun compounding and the lexicon; 3. The grammar of attribution: phrase vs. compound; 4. On the interface: associative-adjective constructions and similar borderline cases; 5. The specific and the general: blocking effects and the modularization of the grammar; 6. Two modules or three? Interfaces, overlaps and the lexicon-syntax continuum.

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Book SynopsisThe study of anglicisms and of the complex network of related categories has deeply evolved in the first two decades of the twenty-first century and it is quite likely that it will keep evolving in decades to come. Much more attention is being paid to the way in which the large collection of English morphological and lexical items is modified and reinvented within the receptor languages. Throughout the nine chapters of this book, the latest developments in anglicisms in languages like French, Danish, German, Czech, Italian, Finnish and Spanish are explored. To do so, a corpus methodology has been used in each chapter, which will contribute to a better understanding of this challenging phenomenon on European languages from an innovative perspective. Table of Contents On a daily basis … a comparative study of phraseological borrowing Comme disent les Anglais/Américains: Identifying and Analyzing Anglicisms in Corpora by Means of Metalinguistic Comments Grammatical and social structures of English-sourced swear words in Finnish discourse Anglicisms: Criteria, Categories & Corpora – Aims and means in the compilation of the Danish GLAD contribution Recyclable Loans: Idiosyncrasy, Rule-Governedness and Gradience in Contact-Induced Lexical Creativity Hey, it’s what all the Cool Kids Are Talking about, Okay? Exploring Collocations of Anglicisms in Spoken German Pseudo-Anglicisms in Czech. Between Borrowing and Neology New Anglicisms in Italian Corpora: A Comparison between CORIS and Italian Web 2016 A dictionary- and corpus-based proposal for compiling a collection of indirect Anglicisms in Spanish (with a sample of some of the latest semantic loans and calques)

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrefacePart One: Introduction1. A Conference, a Book, and Their Context2. Contents3. Reception4. Text5. Contributors6. NotesPart Two: Problems in Lexicography1. The Preparation of Dictionaries I: Theoretical ConsiderationsA Typological Classification of Dictionaries on the Basis of Distinctive Features, by Yakov MalkielLexicographical Definition in Descriptive Semantics, by Uriel WeinreichWhat Belongs in the Bilingual Dictionary?, by Mary HaasSome Notes on Bilingual Lexicography, by Richard S. Harrell and Ann M. DriscollRecommendations on the Selection of Entries for a Bilingual Dictionary, by Donald C. SwansonComments, by Dean Stoddard Worth2. Structural Linguistics and the Preparation of DictionariesThe Relation of Lexicon and Grammar, by H. A. Gleason, Jr.Lexicography and Grammar, by Henry M. HoenigswaldStructural Linguistics and Bilingual Dictionaries, by Kemp MaloneLexicographical Treatment of Folk Taxonomies, by Harold C. ConklinComments, by James Sledd3. The Preparation of Dictionaries II: Practical ConsiderationsSelection and Presentation of Ready Equivalents in a Translation Dictionary, by Samuel E. MartinProblems in Editing Commercial Monolingual Dictionaries, by C. L. BarnhartUse and Preparation of Specialized Glossaries, by Meredith F. Burrill and Edwin Bonsack, Jr.Meaning Discrimination in Bilingual Dictionaries, by James E. IannucciThe Labeling of National and Regional Variation in Popular Dictionaries, by Allen Walker ReadComments, by William Gedney4. Lexicographical Problems in Specific LanguagesLexicographical Problems in Pashto, by O. L. Chavarría-Aguilar and Herbert PenzlProblems in Modern Greek Lexicography, by Henry and Renée KahaneProblems of Turkish Lexicography, by Andreas TietzeComments, by William S. Cornyn5. AppendicesSummary Report, by Fred D. HouseholderProgram of the ConferenceParticipants in the ConferenceReferencesIndex

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