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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807363203321

Autore

Tarp Sven

Titolo

Lexicography in the borderland between knowledge and non-knowledge : general lexicographical theory with particular focus on learner's lexicography / / Sven Tarp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tubingen, : Max Niemeyer Verlag, c2008

ISBN

1-282-19726-6

9786612197260

3-484-97043-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Lexicographica. Series maior, , 0175-9264 ; ; 134

Disciplina

413.028

Soggetti

Sublanguage - Lexicography

Lexicography - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-308).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- 1. Preface -- 2. The philosophical and scientific status of lexicography -- 3. General lexicographical theory: other traditions and paradigms -- 4. General lexicographical theory: function theory -- 5. General theory for learner's dictionaries -- 6. Specific theories for learner's dictionaries -- 7. Brief points on Danish learner's dictionaries -- 8. Conclusion -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The book contains a state-of-the-art summary of the theoretical discussions within the field of lexicography during the last decades. On this basis it presents and argues for a new general theory, called the function theory. It goes on to develop this theory in one single field, i.e. learners lexicography where it both formulates the basic elements of a general theory for learners' dictionaries as well as a number of specific theories for special subfields such as selection, meaning, semantic relations, morphology, syntactic properties and word combinations. It contains a big number of example