This book contains a collection of original research articles on lexicography written by prominent international scholars within the field. It aims at describing the state-of-the-art in lexicography at the beginning of the 21st century and at making proposals for future theoretical and practical work in the field.
Theoretical lexicography currently has two competing theories: a contemplative theory focusing on the description of existing dictionaries on the basis of linguistic principles, and a function-based, transformative theory focusing on the dictionary and the user in order to develop new principles for dictionary research and dictionary making. Research in lexicography has now reached a crossroads and it is time to take stock of the present situation and try to identify the theories and principles that will set the agenda and point the direction for future lexicographic research and the production of printed and electronic dictionaries.
About the Author: The Editors: Henning Bergenholtz is Professor of Lexicography at the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus in Denmark, where he is also the Director of the Centre for Lexicography and Head of Research Group Lexicography. He is the author and co-author of more than 200 papers and books on general and specialised lexicography, for instance the Manual of Specialised Lexicography and more than 30 printed and electronic dictionaries.
Sandro Nielsen is Associate Professor at the Centre for Lexicography at the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus in Denmark. He is the author and co-author of numerous publications on lexicography. He is the author of The Bilingual LSP Dictionary - Principles and Practice for Legal Language, a printed and an electronic law dictionary, and co-author of six printed and electronic accounting dictionaries, as well as a major contributor to the Manual of Specialised Lexicography.
Sven Tarp is Professor of Lexicography at the Centre for Lexicography at the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus in Denmark. He is the author and co-author of numerous publications on lexicography. He is the author of Lexicography in the borderland between knowledge and non-knowledge: General lexicographical theory with particular focus on learner's lexicography and co-author of several printed dictionaries as well as co-editor of the Manual of Specialised Lexicography.