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A GLOSSARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHICAL TERMINOLOGY Jennifer Robinson Until the 1960s, lexicography was rarely discussed and studied as a discipline in its own right. People learned either by trial-and-error or by working for other dictionary-makers: younger helpers absorbed the methods of the older masters. Under these circumstances, the development ofterminology used in making and studying dictionaries became quite individualized, and in the past twenty years of increasing professionalization, this individualized terminology has become more and more evident. For students of lexicography, both formal and informal, trying to read what has been written by diverse lexicographers is a tedious and uncertain enterprise in the absence of some explanation of terminology. The purpose ofthis glossary is to provide explanations of some of the technical terminology used in English lexicography. The word-list provides definitions of the most commonly used terms with sense divisions to explain varying meanings, and cross-references to indicate synonyms, antonyms, and related terms. The entries in this glossary are arranged in the following order: entry word, part of speech label, plural form (when unusual), definition, verbal illustration (between virgules), synonymy, cross-reference (Compare for antonyms, See also for related words), subentry (noun, adjective, verb). For some entries synonymous equivalents are given in lieu of explanations. These equivalents act as crossreferences to the more common entry words for which full explanations are given and are listed in small capital letters. 76 Jennifer Robinson77 The verbal illustrations are both quoted and devised. The quoted illustrations are followed by the number of the source listed in the sample. If there is no number the illustration is a devised example created on the model of the quotations. The entry words are replaced in quotations by a swung dash. Cross-references are given for antonyms, synonyms, and related terms. These terms are in upper-case letters. Some entries also have synonyms which are not included in the glossary as entries. These terms are in lower-case letters. The author invites any and all suggestions for revision and correction. This glossary will be used as a starting point for the newly-created DSNA committee to study lexicographical terminology. GLOSSARY abridged ?. condensed from a more comprehensive dictionary /Most ~ dictionaries exclude the rarely used words found in the larger ones./ Compare unabridged. analogical dictionary n. ideological dictionary analytic definition n. a definition analyzing the term to be defined according to genus and differentia /A word is best oriented integrally within the essential wording of its definition, . . . either in the genus or the differentia of an ~. 66/ Also called analytical definition, logical definition. antedating n. a citation from an earlier source than recorded /Richard Freeman, our zoological adviser, produced a beautiful ~ for the word guga, . . . thus taking the recorded history of the word back about fifty years. 1 34/ article n. entry 2 base word n. the form of a word used as the entry word /Yet it would seem preferable to enter acyanotic and refer the consultant to the ~ than to furnish no help at this point for the dictionary user who is unable to break the word into a + cyanotic. 65/ See also CANONICAL FORM. basic form n. canonical form bogey n. ghost word canonical form n. the form ofa word that is widely used and usually grammatically simple /Considered from the point of view of the composition of the entry, the ~ is the form in which the entry word is quoted. 1 72/ Also called head-form. catchword n. guide word ? citation n. 1 . verbal illustration 2. slip citation form n. canonical form 78 Jennifer Robinson79 classificatory label ?. See label closed corpus ?. a corpus that is limited by the number ofexisting sources /In the lexicon ofa dead language or a ~, ... the lexicographer need not raise the question of entry. 52/ Compare open corpus. See also corpus. collect v. to excerpt and assemble lexical units in lexicographic contexts to be included in a dictionary /Thus the goal of the lexicographer today has become no less than to ~ and document all words of whatever kind as fully as possible. 25/—collection n. concordance n. an ordered list of every occurrence of every designated lexical unit in a specified text or texts /quotations...

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