Editorial

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Editorial M. Lynne Murphy This second issue of Dictionaries volume 42 includes work by lexicographers and scholars from five continents, in the form of one independent research article, two thematic forums incorporating five articles, three reports on reference works in progress, four book reviews, and the first installment of a new occasional feature, Teaching Dictionaries. Two obituaries honor important contributors to the field and to this journal. We start with Bing Tian’s “Jianhua Huang’s Lexicography and his Grand Dictionnaire Chinois–Français Contemporain (2014).” This article provides a historical and critical overview of a major work of Chinese bilingual lexicography, begun just as China started to re-engage with the West after decades of isolation. Tian’s article offers the English-language reader insights on the lexicographical challenges for Chinese bilingual lexicography while dissecting the contributions of its editor in chief. The two forums that follow present papers from the 23rd biennial meeting of the Dictionary Society of North America, held online on June 4, 2021. Ben Zimmer introduces the forum “How Global Events and Social Change Affect Modern Lexicography.” The forum’s three articles underscore how quickly everyday vocabulary has changed in recent years and examine ways in which lexicographers and publishers have adapted to give users much more up-to-date information than could have been possible in the print age. The theme of adaptation is also key to the two articles of the second forum, “The Future of Dictionaries and Lexicography,” introduced by Sarah Ogilvie. In Reference Works in Progress, three ongoing projects are described in some depth. Geert De Wilde reports on work toward the second [End Page ix] edition of the Anglo-Norman Dictionary, begun in the 1990s and online since 2006. The project is currently in its final push toward completion: adding new features and a fresh T–Z section by 2025. Next, María Betulia Pedraza Pedraza presents the principles and architecture of the Diccionario Panhispánico de la Administración Pública (DiPAP), a resource with a democratizing mission: to help citizens engage with public services and their varying terminologies in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Spain. Finally, Manfred Markus updates us on search-filtering features for source information in the current revision of the EDD (English Dialect Dictionary) Online. In recent decades, scholarly organizations in linguistics have created forums for more active discussions of pedagogy. As I took on editor-ship of Dictionaries this year, I imagined that at some point we’d want to develop a series on lexicography in higher education pedagogy. That “some point” was moved earlier when I got to hear Jack Lynch speak at an Oxford English Dictionary forum in Spring. Lynch’s contribution to our new Teaching Dictionaries series considers the kinds of guidance today’s students need in approaching the OED and using it for the study of literature. This feature will run on an occasional basis, and I welcome enquiries and suggestions from readers who know of innovative teaching of or with lexicography. On a sadder note, in this issue we memorialize two influential DSNA members who died in 2021. Jennifer Westerhaus Adams remembers Ron Butters for his contributions to lexicography and trademark law and his personal generosity. William Frawley, former editor of this journal, is paid tribute by Michael Adams. The back issues of Dictionaries serve as another kind of memorial. Frawley’s work behind the scenes and Butters’ articles on gay, X sucks, and trademarks in dictionaries will continue to serve lexicology and lexicography. Finally, we present reviews of two online dictionaries, a dictionary history, and an intriguing edited collection. Jason F. Siegel considers the Dictionnaire des Francophones “a laudable attempt” to represent the lexical variety of French worldwide, while identifying some glitches that need attention. Kyle Adams deems The Right Rhymes, Matt Kohl’s historical dictionary of hip-hop “an invaluable textbook” to complement the music itself. James Lambert enjoyed Pat Manser’s history of the Macquarie Dictionary, More than Words, “a deliberate paean” to the dictionary. Finally, David S. Azzolina is struck by the “interdisciplinary [End Page x] value” of the edited collection Dictionaries as Sources of Folklore Data, in which “each chapter has something significant to say...