Bilingual lexicography from a communicative perspective - Yong, Heming 1963- (J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Bilingual Lexicography from a Communicative Perspective; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; chapter 1; Towards a communicative modelof lexicography; chapter 2; Bilingual lexicography; A comparative approach; chapter 3; Modern linguistics and bilingual lexicography; chapter 4; Bilingual dictionaries; A communicative typology; chapter 5; Bilingual dictionaries; A structural description; chapter 6; Bilingual dictionaries; Fundamental principles; chapter 7; Bilingual dictionaries; Problems and reflections; chapter 8; Bilingual dictionaries
This stimulating new book, as the premier work introducing bilingual lexicography from a communicative perspective, is launched to represent original thinking and innovative theorization in the field of bilingual lexicography. It treats the bilingual dictionary as a system of intercultural communication and bilingual dictionary making as a dynamic process realized by sets of choices, characterizing the overall nature of the dictionary. It examines the dictionary and dictionary making by using a model of lexicography which stresses the three-way relationship of compiler, dictionary context and