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Lexicography What Dictionaries Reveal About Language and Dictionary Makers

The document discusses different aspects of lexicography and dictionaries. It describes how most dictionaries are organized alphabetically but some are organized in other ways, such as by rhyme or illustrations. It also discusses how dictionaries handle pronunciation, including pronunciation keys, phonetic alphabets, and distinguishing homophones. The document also briefly mentions how dictionaries may provide information about a language's syntax, morphology, prefixes, suffixes, and homonyms.
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Lexicography What Dictionaries Reveal About Language and Dictionary Makers

The document discusses different aspects of lexicography and dictionaries. It describes how most dictionaries are organized alphabetically but some are organized in other ways, such as by rhyme or illustrations. It also discusses how dictionaries handle pronunciation, including pronunciation keys, phonetic alphabets, and distinguishing homophones. The document also briefly mentions how dictionaries may provide information about a language's syntax, morphology, prefixes, suffixes, and homonyms.
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LEXICOGRAPHY

What Dictionaries Reveal About Language and Dictionary Makers

A PAPER

Submitted to : Yousef Bani Ahmad, S.S., M. Hum

By :

Asya Faudhatul Inayyah

1610631060026

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPERBANGSA KARAWANG

2017
Introduction: Lexicography means Something about writing and words.

Organization of dictionaries :

1. Most dictionaries are organized alphabetically, many are not.


2. A reverse dictionary; look up meanings by general category.
3. A visual dictionary; another way of finding a word you want.
4. In a visual dictionary, there are many illustrations with the various parts or categories
labeled.
5. A rhyming dictionary; word organized by sound.
6. There are several different dictionaries for pronunciation, which contain only the
pronunciation but no definitions.
7. The usual method of organizing a dictionary, however, is by alphabetical order.
8. A good dictionary will usually have a table of sound-spelling correspondences, often
listed in order of frequency.
9. Arabic and Hebrew do not typically write the language with the vowels; they use a
consonant-only alphabet.

PRONUNCIATION :

1. Phonemes; speech sound


2. Pattern in a language in a specific way, these patterns are a languages phonology.
3. Another aspect to pronunciation can be found by examining the pronunciation key to
any dictionary.
4. Many dictionary key will try to use a system that is similar to English spelling
conventions, so they will use similar patterns, sometimes modified typographically.
5. Pronunciation keys need to add diacritic marks or invent new symbols to represent
different vowel sounds.
6. The exact details of each dictionary key differ from publisher to publisher, and so the
basic key is sometimes reprinted on each two-page spread, and a fuller key is usually
given inside the front cover or endpapers.
7. IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) this set of symbols can be used to describe any
speech sound from any language in the world.
8. The IPA has strict criteria for the use of its symbols, including that they be similar in
value to similar letters, but foremost among them is that each distinctive sound should
have its own separate symbol.
9. Therefore the IPA does not use two symbol to represent one sound, unlike most
dictionary keys.
10. The IPA is used by many learners dictionaries to represent the pronunciation of
English words because of its precision and because it is a universal standard.
11. Homophones; If you speak a dialect that has merged some vowels, such as making
cot and caught sound alike.
SYNTAX :

1. Syntax is the aspect of our grammar that describes how words can make up phrases,
clauses, and sentences.
2. Transitive verbs are those that take an object noun phrase, while intransitive verbs
cannot take an object.

MORPHOLOGY :

1. Morphology is the study of word formation and the creation of words from roots and
affixes.
2. All these parts of a word, adding meaning to the full word are called morphemes.
3. Prefixes; which attach to the front of the root.
4. Suffixes; which attach to the end of the root.
5. Good dictionaries will also list major prefixes and suffixes.
6. Homonyms; words that sound the same and are spelled the same but which differ in
meaning.
7.

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