Lexicography

Word LEXICOGRAPHY
Character 12
Hyphenation lex i cog ra phy
Pronunciations /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/

Definitions and meanings of "Lexicography"

What do we mean by lexicography?

The process or work of writing, editing, or compiling a dictionary. noun

The art or science of compiling lexicons or wordbooks; the scientific exposition of the forms, pronunciation, signification, and history of words. noun

The act or process of making a dictionary. noun

The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries. noun

The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. noun

The scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries. noun

The act of writing dictionaries noun

The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.

The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.

A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.

The art of making a dictionary. Anyone who adds to urbandicionary.com is a lexicographer. Urban Dictionary

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The word "lexicography" in example sentences

The greatest lexicographer of the 19th and early 20th century, James A.H. Murray, began his Romanes Lecture in 1900 on The Evolution of English Lexicography — one of the key texts in English lexicography — with a little story: ❋ Unknown (2008)

One casualty in the new year, Toon predicts, will be "transformation" as a supply chain strategy, as it will be replaced in the buzzword lexicography by "optimization." ❋ Unknown (2010)

For the first time in Latin lexicography, suffixes are treated as headwords, a welcome innovation and one that balances with the traditional treatment of prefixes as such. ❋ Unknown (1983)

It just means to say, in lexicography’s telegraphic fashion, that they’re related etymologically. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These books belie the perception that slang lexicography is concerned with swear words. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There remains yet to be considered the distribution of words into their proper classes, or that part of lexicography which is strictly critical. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Ireland jargon journalism language language history language news lexicography linguistics links literature nature nature photography newspapers peevology philology phonetics photography plain English poetry prescriptivism punctuation semantics signs slang spelling stories syntax typos usage word choice words writers writing ❋ Unknown (2009)

Throughout its second half, he tries to draw a contrast between Webster's democratic, "common man" approach to lexicography and his supposedly imperious behavior. ❋ Barton Swaim (2011)

Ireland jargon journalism language language history lexicography link love literature morphology music nature news philology phonetics photography plurals poetry politics punctuation semantics signs slang speech spelling stories typos usage words & phrases writing ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its scholarship, accuracy and reliability make it one of the most significant contributions to Arabic lexicography. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Publications on theoretical lexicography and on the Swedish Academy; co-author of several dictionaries. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have just [spent] [an hour] lexicographing in [the urban dictionary] ❋ Hood-rat (2003)

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