英语专业 词典学 Introduction to English lexicography 2011-9.ppt

1、English Lexicography,主讲人：李 翔 2011年09月07日,About the course,Requirements: 1) Strict attendance: Not allowed to be absent for over 3 times Not allowed to be late for over 3 times Being absent for once, 3 marks will be deducted Being late for once, 2 marks will be deducted,2) Assignments You are expecte

2、d to write something every time in class You are expected to read and write something most of the time after class A couple of essays are to be written during the semester One or two presentations will be made for each of you at the end of the semester Failure of any assignment means 2-5 marks deduc

3、ted,About the course,3) Purpose of the course Knowing about the basic structure of a dictionary, esp. an English dictionary Knowing about the terms related Knowing about English dictionaries in history Knowing about English dictionaries we use now Creating an ideal dictionary we need,About the cours

4、e,What is a dictionary? How useful is it?,Introduction to the course,What is a dictionary?,Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (OALD, 7th edition, 2005) Dictionary: a book that gives a list of the words of a language in alphabetical order and explains what they mean, or gives a word for them in a fo

5、reign language,Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDCE, 4th edition, 2005) Dictionary: a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings in the same language, or another language,What is a dictionary?,Dictionary: a book that gives a list of the words of a l

6、anguage in alphabetical order and explains what they mean, or gives a word for them in a foreign language (OALD) Dictionary: a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings in the same language, or another language (LDCE),Websters Third New International Dictionar

7、y (W3) Dictionary: a reference book containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings and syntactical and idiomatic uses.,What is a dictionary?,Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Dictionary: a book dealing with th

8、e individual words of a language (or certain specified classes of them), so as to set forth their orthography, pronunciation, signification and use, their synonyms, derivation and history, or at least some of these facts; for convenience of reference, the words are arranged in some stated order, now

9、, in most languages, alphabetical; and in larger dictionaries the information given is illustrated by quotations from literature.,What is a dictionary?,Dictionary of Lexicography by R.R.K. Hartmann As a store of (difficult) vocabulary; As a tool for improving communication; As a means of strengtheni

10、ng the language; As a stimulus to reflection on language; As an aid to foreign-language learning; As an ideological weapon. (Hartmann 1985),What is lexicography?,OALD: the theory and practice of writing dictionaries LDCE: the skill, practice, or profession of writing dictionaries,Dictionary of Lexic

11、ography by R.R.K. Hartmann & Gregory James, 2000,Lexicography: The professional activity and academic field concerned with dictionaries and other reference works. It has two basic divisions: lexicographic practice, or dictionary-making, and lexicographic theory, or dictionary research. The former is often associated with commercial book publishing, the latter with scholarly studies in such disciplines as linguistics (esp. lexicology), but strict boundaries are difficult to maintain and, in any case, are being bridged by such means as professional training, societies,