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R. K. Hartmann</span></a>, <a href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Gregory+James%22" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Gregory James</span></a></div><div><span dir=ltr>Taylor & Francis</span>, <span dir=ltr>4 Jan 2002</span> - <a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Language+Arts+%26+Disciplines%22&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0"><span dir=ltr>Language Arts & Disciplines</span></a> - <span dir=ltr>192 pages</span></div></div><div id=synopsis><div id=synopsis-window><div id=synopsistext dir=ltr class="sa">Dictionaries are among the most frequently consulted books, yet we know remarkably little about them. Who makes them? Where do they come from? What do they offer? How can we evaluate them?<br>The Dictionary of Lexicography provides answers to all these questions and addresses a wide range of issues:<br>* the traditions of dictionary-making<br>* the different types of dictionaries and other reference works (such as thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas and telephone directory)<br>* the principles and concerns of lexicographers and other reference professionals<br>* the standards of dictionary criticism and dictionary use.<br>It is both a professional handbook and an easy-to-use reference work.<br>This is the first time that the subject has been covered in such a comprehensive manner in the form of a reference book. All articles are self-contained, cross-referenced and uniformly structured. The whole is an up-to-date and forward-looking survey of lexicography.</div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"></div></td> </tr></table><div id="summary-second-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="citations_module_anchor"></a>References to this book</h3><div id=citations_module class=about_content><div id=citations_module_v><div class="left-column-outer"><div class="left-column-inner"><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=-PJZAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22encyclopedic+dictionary%22%2Bencyclopedia&source=gbs_citations_module_r&cad=1" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=-PJZAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=-PJZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22encyclopedic+dictionary%22%2Bencyclopedia&dq=%22encyclopedic+dictionary%22%2Bencyclopedia&vq=%22Dictionary+of+Lexicography%22&source=gbs_citations_module_r&cad=1"><span dir=ltr>Monolingual Dictionaries for Foreign Learners of English: A Constructive ...</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span><a href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Reinhard+Heuberger%22" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Reinhard Heuberger</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#999">Snippet view</span> - 2000</span><br/></span></div></td><td align=right></td></tr></table></div><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=zss4rNKz0hsC&dq=%22encyclopedic+dictionary%22%2Bencyclopedia&source=gbs_citations_module_r&cad=1" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=zss4rNKz0hsC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=zss4rNKz0hsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22encyclopedic+dictionary%22%2Bencyclopedia&vq=%22Dictionary+of+Lexicography%22&source=gbs_citations_module_r&cad=1"><span dir=ltr>Lexis in Contrast: Corpus-based Approaches</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span><a href="" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Bengt Altenberg</span></a>,<a href="" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Sylviane Granger</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#99522e">Limited preview</span> - 2002</span><br/></span></div></td><td align=right></td></tr></table></div><a class="secondary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?q=cites:ISBN0203017684&id=49NZ12icE-QC&source=gbs_citations_module_r&cad=1"><span dir=ltr>All Book Search results &raquo;</span></a></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div> </div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="about_author_anchor"></a>About the author <span style="color:#666; font-weight:normal">(2002)</span></h3><div id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent>R.R.K. Hartmann is Director of the Dictionary Research Centre at the University of Exeter.<br>Gregory James is Director of the Language Centre at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.</div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Dictionary of Lexicography</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Authors</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22R.+R.+K.+Hartmann%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>R. R. K. 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