Lexicography: Bibliography

More references will be added during the semester.

  • general
  • e-lexicography
  • lesser documented and endangered languages

Lexicography and dictionaries in general (focus on “big” languages, especially English)

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

Béjoint, Henri. 2004. Modern lexicography: an introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bergenholtz, Henning. 2012. What is a dictionary? Lexikos 22, 20-30.

Bergenholtz, Henning & Gouws, Rufus H. 2012. What is lexicography? Lexikos 22, 31-42.

De Schryver, Gilles-Maurice. 2008. An analysis of The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography (Atkins and Rundell 2008). Lexikos 18, 423-445.

Durkin, Philip, ed. 2016. The Oxford handbook of lexicography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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

Fuertes Olivera, Pedro Antonio, ed. 2018. The Routledge handbook of lexicography. London, New York: Routledge. Neo J 2.41 II Routledge

Hartmann, Reinhard R. K. 2001. Teaching and researching lexicography. Harlow, London: Longman.

Hausmann, Franz Josef, ed. 1989-1991. Wörterbücher: ein internationales Handbuch zur Lexikographie = Dictionaries: an internatioanl encyclopedia of lexicography. 3 volumes. Berlin, New York: de Gruyer.

Jackson, Howard. 2002. Lexicography: an introduction. London, New York: Routledge.

Svensén, Bo. 2009. A handbook of lexicography: the theory and practice of dictionary-making. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Electronic dictionaries

Granger, Sylviane & Paquot, Magali, eds. 2012/2014. Electronic lexicography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kosem, Iztok & Jelena Kallas, Polona Gantar, Simon Krek, Margit Langemets, Maria Tuulik, eds. 2012. Electronic lexicography in the 21st century: thinking outside the paper. Proceedings of the eLex 2013 conference, 17-19 October 2013, Tallinn, Estonia. Published by Trojina, Institut for Applied Slovene Studies (Ljubljana) and Eesti Keele Instituut (Tallinn).

Dictionaries for lesser documented languages

Corris, Miriam, Christopher Manning, Susan Poetsch and Jane Simpson. 2002. Dictionaries and endangered languages. In Bradley, David, and Bradley, Maya eds. Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance: An Active Approach. London: Routledge.

Cristinoi, Antonia & Nemo, François. 2013. Challenges in endangered language lexicography. Lexicography and dictionaries in the Information Age.
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01345620

Mosel, Ulrike, 2004. Dictionary making in endangered speech communities. Language documentation and description 2, 39-54.