Gabrielle Stein is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Heidelberg and has published many books on English grammar and lexicology. She was the founding president of the European Association for Lexicography

Klappentext

Better Words provides an introduction to EFL lexicography and an insight into its fundamental issues. It describes in detail the major changes that have occurred in the production of EFL dictionaries over recent decades and will help teachers and their students to decide which EFL dictionary is the most adequate for their specific purposes.

Inhalt

Foreword by Reinhard Hartmann, vii; Introduction, ix; 1 The English Dictionary: Past, Present and Future, 1; 2 EFL Dictionaries, the Teacher and the Student, 17; 3 From the Bilingual to the Monolingual Dictionary, 27; 4 The Best of British and American Lexicography, 34; 5 Word-Formation in Modern English Dictionaries, 58; 6 Recent Developments in EFL Dictionaries, 70; 7 The Dictionary and the Language Learner, 101; 8 EFL Dictionaries: Meaning, Culture, Illustrations, 125; 9 Social and Stylistic Stratification in English Vocabulary and its Treatment in Pedagogical Dictionaries, 159; 10 Illustrations in Dictionaries, 169; 11 Exemplification in EFL Dictionaries, 204; Dictionary Abbreviations, 230; References, 231; Index, 242.