[Lexicog] bilingual dictionaries

[Lou Hohulin]

Hi Mery,

How have you defined your thesis problem? We can be of more help to you if we understand more of the scope of your thesis. Those of us on the discussion list are a varied group, and your mailbox may quickly overflow with messages that have little relevance to what you are trying to do if we don't know your focus.

Mike Maxwell has made some very good comments about the differences between bilingual dictionaries of highly documented languages and those of languages that have been largely undocumented. Although some lexicographic principles are general and appropriate for any type of dictionary, many functional principles are specific to the languages involved, the purpose of the dictionary, the audience, etc. Most of our problems in developing quality dictionaries are rooted in the specifics of the two languages and the purpose for compiling the dictionary.

Best,
Lou Hohulin
SIL - Dallas and Philippines



On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:19:03 +0100 (CET)
 Mery Martinelli <mmyit at yahoo.it> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am writing an MA thesis on bilingual lexicography and I am interested in talking about some of the most frequent difficulties which concern the creation of bilingual dictionaries.
> Is there someone who would like to discuss on that issue?
> Ciao
> Mery
>
> University of Bologna, Italy
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