Macrostructure

Front matter

Body

Appendices

Jackson, Howard. 2002. Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, p. 25.

MicrostructureEntries and their Content

Spelling Pronunciation Inflections Word Class (Grammatical Category) Senses Definitions Examples Usage Run-ons Etymology

Jackson, Howard. 2002. Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, pp. 26-27.

Planning a Dictionary (partial)

Publisher / Editors: Who will the dictionary be for? Users? What will they use the dictionary for?

Staff lexicographers’ tasks: selecting headwords (word list) designing entry content identifying sources of data determining who will write the entries

Compiling a Dictionary: Data Sources

1. Previous dictionaries

2. Citation files

3. Computer corpus BNC (100 million words)

Bank of English (Cobuild) (bigger)

concordance programs (free and cheap)

KWIC lists

Jackson, Howard. 2002. Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, pp. 28-29.

Two Approaches to Evaluating a Dictionary

1. See what the dictionary says about itself and evaluate in terms of that—BLURB

2. Use a set of recognized criteria to evaluate.

Jackson, Howard. 2002. Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, p. 30.