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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789775003321

Autore

Benson Morton

Titolo

Lexicographic description of English / / Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, Robert Ilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Philadelphia] : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1986

ISBN

1-283-23407-6

9786613234070

90-272-8212-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xiii, 288 pages)

Collana

Studies in language companion series (SLCS), , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 14

Altri autori (Persone)

BensonEvelyn

IlsonRobert

Disciplina

423/.028

Soggetti

English language - Lexicography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Companion volume to the BBI combinatory dictionary of English"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LEXICOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO. MODERN VARIETIES OF ENGLISH: BRITISH AND AMERICAN; CHAPTER THREE. THE PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION OF ENGLISH; CHAPTER FOUR. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHIC DEFINITION; CHAPTER FIVE. GRAMMAR IN THE DICTIONARY; CHAPTER SIX. LEXICAL COMBINABILITY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Designed to help lexicographers compile better dictionaries of English, this book provides information about the language that is not available in any other single source. It is the first serious attempt to describe in detail the lexical and grammatical differences between American and British English and offers a trailblazing solution to the vexing problem of how to treat General American and British RP pronunciation in the same dictionary with the help of a Simplified Transcription for which any typewriter keyboard can be adapted and a pioneering description of the principles concerning the treatment of fixed grammatical and lexical collocations in future general-purpose dictionaries of English.