Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
Lexicography, or the gentle art of making mistakes / G. Iamartino. - In: ALTRE MODERNITÀ. - ISSN 2035-7680. - (2017 Apr), pp. 48-78. [10.13130/2035-7680/8303]
Abstract:
The man in the street’s attitude of mind towards dictionaries is that they are the true repositories of all the words in a language, and that they are both authoritative and objective – in short, dictionaries are perfect. By mainly referring to the early history of English mono- and bilingual lexicography, this essay explodes the myth of the perfect dictionary and shows that mistakes in dictionaries may profitably be discussed under two headings: lexicographical mistakes, i.e. vague or circular definitions and the so-called ghost words in monolingual dictionaries, and non-insertable equivalents in bilingual dictionaries; and socio-cultural mistakes, which are related to the often elusive impact of ideology on dictionary-making.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
G. Iamartino
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