the craft of lexicography -- sense distinctions

[Dennis R. Preston]

It is a very large part of Ladislaw Zgusta's Manual of Lexicography,
Mouton, 196?.

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> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 06:36:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: creider <creider at julian.uwo.ca>
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>I would be grateful for references to any discussion of the art of
>making sense distinctions in the writing of dictionaries.  I believe
>that James Murray, the 19th century editor of the OED, wrote that this
>was one of the most time-consuming and difficult parts of the process
>of creating an entry for a word.  There is some discussion of the topic
>in John Chadwick's _Lexicographica Graeca_, but, surprisingly, none
>in Sidney Landau's _Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography_.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Chet Creider
><creider at julian.uwo.ca>


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