English Monolingual Lexicography

English Monolingual Lexicography Patrick Hanks formerly Chief Editor, Current English Dictionaries, Oxford University Press

Outline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A brief historical survey of English dictionaries __

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lexicography is accretive ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some 20th-century English dictionaries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some EFL dictionaries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Motivation and definition writing in earlier English dictionaries __

The first English dictionaries were bi- and multi-lingual ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The first monolingual English dictionary ,[object Object]

Why “for the benefit of ladies”? 1: historical background ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why “for the benefit of ladies”? 2: English in the Renaissance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Entries from Cawdey 1604 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

From Johnson 1755 (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

From Johnson 1755 (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

From Johnson 1755 (3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

From Johnson 1755 (4) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Aspects of Johnson ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Definition Writing in modern dictionaries __

Random House Dictionary (1966) ,[object Object]

New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 6 th edition (2000) ,[object Object]

Cobuild (1987) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

from a Wasps word sketch (http//:wasps.itri.brighton.ac.uk) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 6th edition (2000) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Some issues in definition writing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Deciding what is a sense ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Selecting entries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other information in the dictionary __

How much grammatical information should a dictionary include? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Boxed features ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Arrangement of senses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is the function of etymologies? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Word histories: explaining semantic development, too ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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