[Lexicog] visual dictionaries

Melissa Axelrod axelrod at UNM.EDU
Thu Mar 22 00:03:30 UTC 2007


There's a /Picture Dictionary of Navajo/ by Parnwell and Yellowhair, 
Oxford, 1991.
  Melissa

Ron Moe wrote:
>
> Has anyone produced a visual dictionary? There are several in English 
> (and I suppose other major languages). I’m interested in examples for 
> minority languages.
>
>  
>
> A visual dictionary would be composed of pictures with labels. A page 
> might contain numerous pictures of animals with each animal labeled in 
> the vernacular (and perhaps the national language). Another page might 
> contain a large picture of a house with each part labeled. If anyone 
> knows of a dictionary that has employed this type of format, I would 
> appreciate knowing how to obtain a copy.
>
>  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Moe
>
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