Theory and Practice of Specialised Online Dictionaries: Lexicography versus Terminography

Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera; Sven Tarp

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Theory and Practice of Specialised Online Dictionaries

Lexicography versus Terminography

Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera and Sven Tarp

Volume 146 in the series Lexicographica. Series Maior

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110349023

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About this book

This book is the first comprehensive monograph on the Function Theory of Lexicography, which originated at the Aarhus School of Business (Aarhus University). Function Theory considers dictionaries to be tools that are constructed for assisting specific users with punctual needs in specific usage situations, e.g. communicative-oriented situations and cognitive-oriented situations. The book's main focus is on defending the independent academic status of lexicography and its corollary: The process of designing, compiling and updating (specialised) online dictionaries needs a theoretical framework that addresses general and specific aspects. The former are common to all types of information tools, the latter are mainly dependent on the media for which the information tool is constructed and their specific target users. This books offers both aspects and moves from the highest level of abstraction to very detailed aspects of lexicographic work, e.g. how to convert an originally-conceived polyfunctional online dictionary into several monofunctional usage-based ones.
The book illustrates that the theory and the methodology currently used by advocates of the Function Theory of Lexicography offers better results than other approaches and therefore makes its case for proposing the Function Theory for terminological/terminographical work.

Author / Editor information

Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera, University of Valladolid, Spain; Sven Tarp, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Index Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. What is Specialised Lexicography? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
3. Academic Status of Specialised Lexicography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
4. Concept of Lexicographical Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
5. General Theory of Specialised Dictionaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
6. Special Problems Related to Online Dict Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
7. A Critical View of Terminography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
8. An Analysis of Specialised Online Dictionaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9. Designing, Making and Updating Specialised Online Dictionaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
10. Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Lexicographers, Linguistis, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 45
Keywords: Specialised Lexicography; Online Dictionaries; Terminology; Terminography

eBook

Published: June 18, 2014
ISBN: 9783110349023

Hardcover

Published: May 13, 2014
ISBN: 9783110348835