36.1785, Books: West meets East: Williams, Le Meur, and Echavarría Peláez (eds.) (2025)

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Date: 06-Jun-2025
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: West meets East: Williams, Le Meur, and Echavarría Peláez (eds.) (2025)


Title: West meets East
Subtitle: Papers in historical lexicography and lexicology from across
the globe
Series Title: World Histories of Lexicography and Lexicology
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/458

Editor(s): Geoffrey Williams, Mathilde Le Meur, Andrés Echavarría
Peláez

Abstract:

Lexicography, in its many forms, is a very old, practical discipline
solving practical problems concerning word usage. The term “word”
seems more appropriate than “language” in this context, as
lexicography addresses more questions relating to what we now call
lexicology. As with all areas of human endeavour, what developed
gradually through trial and error has eventually been subjected to a
theoretical framework. The role of historical lexicography is to look
back on the development of these highly varied word lists to
understand how we arrived at the tremendous variety that characterises
practice throughout the world.
This volume is both a selection of expanded papers from one conference
on historical lexicography and lexicology, held under the aegis of the
International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology
(ISHLL) in Lorient, France, in May 2022, and also the first in a new
book series dedicated to the field. The new series represents a
collaboration between two sister associations, ISHLL and the Helsinki
Society for Historical Lexicography (HSHL). The volume contains texts
in both English and French that provide insights into dictionaries,
their compilers and users using evidence from numerous languages
across the globe. It is also diachronic, moving from topics on
medieval usage to contemporary issues concerning open access and
digital publishing in historical lexicography. The title reflects the
global scope of its authors and content, encompassing Japan to the
United States, Eastern Europe to the United Kingdom, and Portugal.

Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography

Written In: English (eng)



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