Hartmann R.R.K. (Editor). Lexicography: Critical Concepts. Volume III Lexicography, Metalexicography and Reference Science

Routledge, 2003. — 483 pages. — ISBN: 0-415-25365-9.This 3-volume collection is intended to bring together 70 texts by 75 authors to give an overview of the literature on the theory and practice of Lexicography. Although there are now quite a few textbooks and periodicals available, lexicography as an academic subject is still relatively young, and there are no comprehensive collections of classical and other significant writings on dictionary-making and dictionary research.Typological Perspectives
Towards a general theory of lexicography
A typological classification of dictionaries on the basis of distinctive features
The typology of pedagogical dictionaries
Historical dictionaries
EFL dictionaries: past achievements and present needs
Author concordances, with special reference to Shakespeare
Describing a new lexicographic hybrid: the encyclopedic learner’s dictionary
Bilingualisation as a genre
Structural Perspectives
L’enonce lexicographique: l’article de dictionnaire
Pronunciation keys: principles, practices, performance
Methods of ordering senses within entries
Definitions and explanations
Component parts and structures of general monolingual dictionaries: a survey
The rise and development of modern labels in English dictionaries
Mediostructures in bilingual LSP dictionaries
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Lexicography as applied linguistics
The ideal dictionary, lexicographer and user
Terminology and lexicography: their complementarity
Lexicomputing and the dictionary of the future
How pictorial illustrations interact with verbal information in the dictionary entry: a case study
Chinese and Western metalexicography
Reference books from cuneiform to computer
What then is reference science?
Methods in dictionary research