An analysis of practical lexicography: a reader (ed. fontenelle 2008)

Abstract

Intended as a companion volume to The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography (Atkins and Rundell 2008), Fontenelle's book aims to bring together the most relevant papers in practical lexicography. This review article presents a critical analysis of the success thereof, both in quanti-tative and qualitative terms.

Keywords: practical lexicography, dictionary, monolingual, bilingual, quantitative evaluation, qualitative evaluation, citation patterns, corpus tools, meaning, definitions, examples, equivalence, dictionary use, english, french