Conversations on dictionaries: the universe in a book

Abstract

"Bringing together a collection of conversations with leading lexicographers from around the world, this innovative book explores the role dictionaries have played in history. Covering twenty different languages, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students of lexicography, and professional and trainee professional lexicographers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

The universe in a book -- Ancient Greek / William A. Ross -- Esperanto / Esther Schor -- German / Volker Harm -- Chinese / Haoran Tong -- Hybrid languages / Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. Boyle -- English / Peter Gilliver -- French / Marie-Hélène Drivaud and Peter Sokolowski -- Italian / Carla Marello and Claudio Marazzini -- Arabic / Hassan Hamzé -- Hebrew / Ruvik Rosenthal -- Indigenous languages / Mark Turin -- Irish / Seán Ua Súilleabhaín -- African languages / Dion Nkomo and Paul Achille Mavoungou -- Nahuatl / John Sullivan -- Yiddish / Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath -- Portugese / Rute Costa and Ana Salgado -- Japanese / Yukio Tono -- Russian / Mikhail Kopotev -- Quechua / Odi Gonzales -- Scandinavian / Lars Trap-Jensen -- Spanish / Francisco Javier Pérez -- The total dictionary.