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History in Lexicography and Lexicography in History: A Reappraisal

2018

This paper aims to provide an overview of anglophone literature on historical lexicography. It begins by defining history and lexicography in order to explore possible relationships between them. What follows is a critical discussion of two analytical perspectives: “history in lexicography” and “lexicography in history.” The former seeks to explain what historical information is, how history has permeated dictionaries, particularly those compiled on historical principles, and why the historical dictionary needs to be re-interpreted along new lines. The latter, by contrast, attempts to identify the main elements involved in the writing of a history of lexicography. Since no historical accoun…

060201 languages & linguisticsLinguistics and Languagehistorical informationHistoryCommunicationmedia_common.quotation_subjectContrast (statistics)06 humanities and the artsLanguage and LinguisticsLinguisticsLexicographyCritical discussionhistorical lexicographyReading (process)lexicography0602 languages and literaturehistorical approachdictionary researchhistoryOrder (virtue)dictionarymedia_commonDictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America
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