English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners
A History
- Description
- Features
- Contents
- Authors
- Reviews
- Lecturer Resources
- Teacher Resources
- Student Resources
- Sample Pages
- ebook
This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie provides a critical account of the corpus-based research at the heart of contemporary dictionary making.
Introduction
The Genesis of the Learner's Dictionary
Phraseology in the Leaner's Dictionary
The Second Generation of Leaner's Dictionaries
The Role of the Computer in Learner Lexicography
The Third Generation of Learner's Dictionaries
Focus on the Dictionary User
References
Index
A. P. Cowie , Editor of the International Journal of Lexicography, and Honorary Reader in Lexicography, University of Leeds
`I would recommend every teacher of English to read this book'
Enn Veldi, Estonian Association of English Teachers (EATE) Newsletter |d 05/07/2000