[Lexicog] A must-have list for lexicography

Fri Sep 4 20:58:02 UTC 2015

Here is a short annotated bibliography of books that I have found very
helpful.  --Ron Moe

Atkins, B. T. Sue, and Michael Rundell. 2008. The Oxford Guide to Practical
Lexicography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

The authors of this book are editors of commercial dictionary projects.
They also teach the Master Class, a short course on lexicography. The book
describes how they work in a commercial setting. So their procedures are a
bit different than what many lexicographers do in minority language
situations. But the book is still a wealth of ideas.

Fontenelle, Thierry (ed.). 2008. Practical lexicography: a reader. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.

This book is a collection of excellent articles on various aspects of
lexicography.

Newell, Leonard E. 1995. Handbook on Lexicography. Manila: Linguistic
Society of the Philippines.

This book is especially relevant for Philippine (and other Austronesian)
languages and is a good practical introduction to lexicography in a
minority language setting.

Croft, William, and D. Alan Cruse. 2004. Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

This is a good introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. In my opinion
Cognitive Linguistics provides the best theoretical orientation for doing
lexical semantics.

Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. 1980. Metaphors we live by. Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press.

This book introduced the theory of “conceptual metaphors”. I have found
that an understanding of conceptual metaphors is essential to understanding
many secondary senses of words and idioms.

Sinclair, John. 1991. Corpus, Concordance, Collocation. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.

This is a good introduction to corpus studies and contains some good case
studies. The text corpus method is essential for investigating lexical
semantics.

Landau, Sidney I. 2001. Dictionaries : the art and craft of lexicography.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (0-521-78040-3)

This is a standard textbook on lexicography.

Goddard, Cliff. 1998. Semantic analysis: a practical introduction. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.

This is a good introduction to semantics and Natural Semantic Metalanguage.

Wierzbicka, Anna. 1985. Lexicography and conceptual analysis. Ann Arbor:
Karoma.

A good collection of studies on various kinds of words.Wierzbicka, Anna.
1996. Semantics: primes and universals. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

This is a good introduction to the theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage,
which Wierzbicka founded. I’ve found NSM to be very helpful in clarifying
the meaning of words.

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:17 AM, 'SIEGEL, Jason'
jason.siegel at cavehill.uwi.edu [lexicographylist] <
lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Dear all,
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> I would like to enhance the holdings of the Centre for Caribbean
> Lexicography that I run here in Barbados with some classic works on
> lexicography, to serve as a resource for any future graduate and
> undergraduate students doing research with us. What are some landmark
> texts, be they articles, books, or even dictionaries themselves, that you
> believe would be of interest to students working on a broad range of
> topics? There are no language restrictions, so I encourage texts from any
> area of the world. Ideally, such a list could serve as a sort of Ph.D.
> reading list for students to be examined in lexicography. Please e-mail me
> directly at jason.siegel at cavehill.uwi.edu (and feel free — but not
> obligated — to attach any cited articles if you have them handy). In a
> month, I will send out a follow-up message that organizes the suggestions
> into a single, comprehensive list for everyone to consult.
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> Thanks in advance to anyone who decides to take the time out of their day
> to contribute to this project.
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> Best,
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> Jason F. Siegel, Ph.D.
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> Research Fellow in Lexicography
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> Director, Centre for Caribbean Lexicography
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> University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
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> St. Michael
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> Barbados
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> jason.siegel at cavehill.uwi.edu
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> 1-246-417-4468
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