The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography
The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography

Author: Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 987

ISBN-13: 135159964X

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The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography provides a comprehensive overview of the major approaches to lexicography and their applications within the field. This Handbook features key case studies and cutting-edge contributions from an international range of practitioners, teachers, and researchers. Analysing the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries within the digital era, the 47 chapters address the core issues of: The foundations of lexicography, and its interactions with other disciplines including Corpus Linguistics and Information Science; Types of dictionaries, for purposes such as translation and teaching; Innovative specialised dictionaries such as the Oenolex wine dictionary and the Online Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language; Lexicography and world languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Chinese, and Indonesian; The future of lexicography, including the use of the Internet, user participation, and dictionary portals. The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography is essential reading for researchers and students working in this area.

Gendering the Portuguese-Speaking World
Gendering the Portuguese-Speaking World

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-05-25

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9004459391

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This book explores the significance of gender in shaping the Portuguese-speaking world from the Middle Ages to the present. Sixteen scholars from disciplines including history, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, literature and cultural studies analyse different configurations and literary representations of women's rights and patriarchal constraints. Unstable constructions of masculinity, femininity, queer, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender identities and behaviours are placed in historical context. The volume pioneers in gendering the Portuguese expansion in Africa, Asia, and the New World and pays particular attention to an inclusive account of indigenous agencies. Contributors are: Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, Vanda Anastácio, Francisco Bethencourt, Dorothée Boulanger, Rosa Maria dos Santos Capelão, Maria Judite Mário Chipenembe, Gily Coene, Philip J. Havik, Ben James, Anna M. Klobucka, Chia Longman, Amélia Polónia, Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues, Isabel dos Guimarães Sá, Ana Cristina Santos, and João Paulo Silvestre.

Linguistics in Western Europe. Part 1
Linguistics in Western Europe. Part 1

Author: Einar Haugen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-05-20

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13: 3111561925

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Dictionaries of English and Foreign Languages
Dictionaries of English and Foreign Languages

Author: Robert Lewis Collison

Publisher: [New York] : Hafner Publishing Company

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13:

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Annotated bibliography comprising a literature survey of dictionarys of English and other languages - includes historical notes and a listing of dictionaries of technology and other specialized dictionaries, etc.

Women in the History of Linguistics
Women in the History of Linguistics

Author: Professor of French Philology and Linguistics Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2021-01-07

Total Pages: 673

ISBN-13: 0198754957

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This volume offers a ground-breaking investigation into women's contribution to the description, analysis, and codification of languages across a wide range of linguistic and cultural traditions. The chapters explore a variety of spheres of activity, from the production of dictionaries and grammars to language teaching methods and language policy.