LEXICOGRAPHY

Lexicography

Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines: Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries, Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon of a language, developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries, the needs for information by users in specific types of situation, and how users may best access the data incorporated in printed and electronic dictionaries. This is sometimes referred to as 'metalexicography'

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lexicography

Noun

  1. The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
  2. The scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.


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