本書收錄2000餘個條目，按字母順序排列，涉及的主要范疇有∶詞典學理論與實踐、詞典史、詞典類型研究、詞典的結構與使用、語言資料的收集、詞典編纂電腦化等，概括地反映了詞典學發展的脈絡與最新動態。
Dictionaries are among the most frequently consulted books. yet we know remarkably little about them. Who makes them? Where do they come from? What do tehy offer? How can we evaluate them? The
Dictionary of Lexicogruphy provides answers to all these questions and addresses a wide range of issues:
the traditions of dictionary-making
the different types of dictionaries and other reference works (such as thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas and directory) the principles and concerns of lexicographers and other reference
professionals
the standards of dictionary criticism and dictionary useIt is both a professional handbook and an easy-to-use reference work.
This is the first time that the subject has been covered in such a comprehensive manner in the form of a reference book. All articles are self-contained, cross-referenced and uniformly
structured. The whole is an up-to -date and forward-looking survey of lexicography.
R.R.K.Hartmann is Director of the Dictionary Research Centre at the University of Exeter. Gregory James is Director of the Language Centre at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
