Henri Béjoint. Modern Lexicography: An Introduction

Piet H Swanepoel

doi:10.5788/13-0-739

Abstract

This book is a paperback reprint of Tradition and Innovation in Modern English Dictionaries, first published 1994, under a new title, Modern Lexicography: An Introduction.

Highlights

This book is a paperback reprint of Tradition and Innovation in Modern English Dictionaries, first published 1994, under a new title, Modern Lexicography: An Introduction
It contains an update of the 1994 references, but no new material was added to the main text of this paperback edition
A paragraph each is devoted to the following topics: the continuation of traditional practices in the design of new general-purpose dictionaries which were published within this period, the increasingly central role of the computer in dictionary work, and the negative effects computerization is having on lexicography as "industry"

Summary

Introduction

This book is a paperback reprint of Tradition and Innovation in Modern English Dictionaries, first published 1994, under a new title, Modern Lexicography: An Introduction. It contains an update of the 1994 references, but no new material was added to the main text of this paperback edition.

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