Lexicographic Analysis Task

A Lexicographic Analysis Task is a language analysis task that focuses on lexicons and lexical items.

• Context:
  • It can range from being an Applied Lexicographic Analysis Task to being a Theoretical Lexicographic Analysis Task.
  • It can be solved by a Lexigraphic System (such as a lexicographer).
• Example(s):
  • Legal Lexicography.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Programming Language Analysis.
  • Mathematical Language Analysis.
• See: Lexicology, Academic Discipline, Applied Linguistics, Dictionary, Syntagma (Linguistics), Paradigm, Specialized Dictionary, Language for Specific Purposes Dictionary.

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References

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lexicography Retrieved:2016-5-23.
  • Lexicography is divided into two separate but equally important groups:
    • Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
    • Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language, developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries, the needs for information by users in specific types of situations, and how users may best access the data incorporated in printed and electronic dictionaries. This is sometimes referred to as 'metalexicography'.
  • A person devoted to lexicography is called a lexicographer.

    General lexicography focuses on the design, compilation, use and evaluation of general dictionaries, i.e. dictionaries that provide a description of the language in general use. Such a dictionary is usually called a general dictionary or LGP dictionary (Language for General Purpose). Specialized lexicography focuses on the design, compilation, use and evaluation of specialized dictionaries, i.e. dictionaries that are devoted to a (relatively restricted) set of linguistic and factual elements of one or more specialist subject fields, e.g. legal lexicography. Such a dictionary is usually called a specialized dictionary or Language for specific purposes dictionary and following Nielsen 1994, specialized dictionaries are either multi-field, single-field or sub-field dictionaries.

    There is some disagreement on the definition of lexicology, as distinct from lexicography. Some use "lexicology" as a synonym for theoretical lexicography; others use it to mean a branch of linguistics pertaining to the inventory of words in a particular language.

    It is now widely accepted that lexicography is a scholarly discipline in its own right and not a sub-branch of applied linguistics, as the chief object of study in lexicography is the dictionary (see e.g. Bergenholtz/Nielsen/Tarp 2009).

2009

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography
  • 1. The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
  • 2. (linguistics) 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.

2003

• (Mitkov, 2003) ⇒ Ruslan Mitkov, editor. (2003). “The Oxford Handbook of Computational Linguistics." Oxford University Press. ISBN:019927634X
  • lexicography: The compilation of an inventory of the lexicon of a language, typically including a statement about some or all of the following features with record to each lexical entry: orthography, pronunciation, inflected forms, word class (part of speech), meaning(s) or translations, usage, phraseology, and history or origin.

1965

• (Heller, 1965) ⇒ Louis G Heller. (1965). “Lexicographic Etymology: Practice versus Theory.” In: American Speech, 40(2).
  • NOTES: It laments the lack of progress in Etymological Annotation Theory in Lexicography.

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