Pedagogical specialised lexicography: the representation of meaning in English and Spanish business dictionaries - Fuertes Olivera, Pedro Antonio 1955- (John Benjamins, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Pedagogical Specialised Lexicography; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; chapter 1; Introduction; chapter 2; The macrostructure, mediostructure and access structure of business dictionaries; chapter 3; Definitions in business dictionaries; chapter 4; Equivalence in business dictionaries; chapter 5; Examples in business dictionaries; chapter 6; Conclusions; References; Name index; Subject index; The series Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice
This stimulating new book, which combines dictionary research and linguistic knowledge, analyses the representation of meaning in business dictionaries from a pedagogical perspective. By examining in detail the macrostructure, mediostructure, access structure and microstructure of eight business dictionaries, this book presents interesting findings on how the dictionaries studied represent the 'noun-term', and on how they cope with the principles of new lexicography that aims at solving the needs of a specific type of user with specific types of problems related to a specific type of user situ