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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808180603321

Autore

Karpinska Laura

Titolo

English-Latvian lexicographic tradition : a critical analysis / / Laura Karpinska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-039429-4

3-11-036576-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Lexicographica. Series Maior, , 0175-9264 ; ; Volume 148

Classificazione

HE 322

Disciplina

413.028

Soggetti

Lexicography

Dictionaries, Polyglot

English language - Latvian

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Types of bilingual dictionaries, their functions and users’ needs -- 3. Primary and secondary sources of evidence in bilingual lexicography -- 4. Structural levels of bilingual dictionaries -- 5. Development of Latvian bilingual and multilingual lexicography -- 6. Analysis of structural levels of English-Latvian dictionaries -- 7. Guidelines for a model of a general ELD -- 8. Conclusions -- 9. Bibliography -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Index -- Kopsavilkums -- Zusammenfassung

Sommario/riassunto

Since 1987 when the first English explanatory dictionary fully based on corpus evidence was published, considerable changes related to the choice of lexicographic evidence have affected the field of lexicography. On this background (even though the volume of the lexicographic material is ample) the English-Latvian lexicographic tradition looks rather traditional and even somewhat stagnant. Thus, there is an urgent need for a detailed analytical inventory of English-Latvian dictionaries in order to facilitate new dictionary projects. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development of the English-Latvian lexicographic tradition considering the various extra-



linguistic factors which have influenced it. It studies the typical features of English-Latvian dictionaries traced throughout the tradition at the levels of their mega-, macro- and microstructure, pinpoints the problematic aspects of English-Latvian lexicography and offers theoretically grounded solutions for improving the quality of future English-Latvian dictionaries.