Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography

Introduction 1. What is a dictionary? 2. A brief history of lexicography 3. Key elements of dictionaries and other language references 4. Definition 5. Usage 6. The corpus in lexicography 7. Dictionary making 8. Legal and ethical issues Bibliography and index to dictionaries mentioned in the text, from Johnson (1755) to the present A selective bibliography of nondictionary sources.