CHAPTER III — LEXICOGRAPHY: MONOLINGUAL, BILINGUAL AND SPECIAL DICTIONARIES

1. A word is a word is a word… or not?

2. Vocabulary selection

2.1 BASIC English (C. K. Ogden, 1925-1932)

2.2 "Defining vocabularies"

3. Dictionaries of the English language

3.1 Bilingual Dictionaries

3.2 Monolingual Dictionaries

3.3 Monolingual dictionaries for foreigners

3.4 Special dictionaries

3.4.1 Pronunciation dictionaries and repertories of homophones

3.4.2 Onomasiological dictionaries

3.4.3 "Active" and encyclopaedic dictionaries

3.4.4 Dictionaries of quotations, biographies, etc.

3.4.5 Dictionaries of slang and unconventional English

3.4.6 New (traditional and electronic) dictionaries, further developments, and the exam

4. Repertories of proverbs, metaphors and idioms

>>> Proverbs

>>> Sayings

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