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English Monolingual Lexicography Patrick Hanks formerly Chief Editor,  Current English Dictionaries,  Oxford University Press
Outline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A brief historical survey of English dictionaries  __
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Lexicography is accretive ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some 20th-century English dictionaries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some EFL dictionaries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Motivation and definition writing in earlier English dictionaries __
The first English dictionaries were bi- and multi-lingual ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The first monolingual English dictionary ,[object Object]
Why “for the benefit of ladies”?  1: historical background ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Why “for the benefit of ladies”?  2: English in the Renaissance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Entries from Cawdey 1604 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
From Johnson 1755 (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
From Johnson 1755 (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
From Johnson 1755 (3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
From Johnson 1755 (4) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Aspects of Johnson ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Definition Writing in modern dictionaries __
Random House Dictionary  (1966) ,[object Object]
New Oxford Dictionary of English  (1998) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 6 th  edition  (2000) ,[object Object]
Cobuild  (1987) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
from a Wasps word sketch (http//:wasps.itri.brighton.ac.uk)  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Random House Dictionary  (1966) ,[object Object]
New Oxford Dictionary of English  (1998) ,[object Object],[object Object]
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 6th edition  (2000) ,[object Object],[object Object]
Cobuild  (1987) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some issues in definition writing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Deciding what is a sense ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Selecting entries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Other information in the dictionary __
How much grammatical information should a dictionary include? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Boxed features ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Arrangement of senses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is the function of etymologies? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Word histories: explaining semantic development, too ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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