Australian lexicography and the Australian story: Historical perspectives and the current scene
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Amanda Laugesen
Abstract
Australian lexicography can be understood to consist of three traditions: general/educational dictionaries, often produced by trade and educational publishers; popular dictionaries and word collections, often trade publications; and research/scholarly dictionaries, often produced within academic contexts. In this article, I provide an historical overview of these three Australian lexicographical traditions and examine how Australian lexicography has been shaped and informed by ideas of Australian national and cultural identity. I conclude by exploring some of the contemporary challenges that are faced in Australian lexicography.
Abstract
Australian lexicography can be understood to consist of three traditions: general/educational dictionaries, often produced by trade and educational publishers; popular dictionaries and word collections, often trade publications; and research/scholarly dictionaries, often produced within academic contexts. In this article, I provide an historical overview of these three Australian lexicographical traditions and examine how Australian lexicography has been shaped and informed by ideas of Australian national and cultural identity. I conclude by exploring some of the contemporary challenges that are faced in Australian lexicography.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents/Inhalt V
- Zur Bedeutsamkeit der Lexikographie: Europa und Australien 7
- Regarding the Significance of Lexicography: Europe and Australia 1
- Australian lexicography and the Australian story: Historical perspectives and the current scene 15
- Warum brauchen wir historische Lexikographie? 31
- Zur Berechtigung historischer Lexikographie: Fakten und Überlegungen 53
- Signed language lexicography and the Auslan dictionaries in print and online 83
- Terminology from a lexicographic perspective 115
- Online terminography for Indigenous Australians 133
- The AIATSIS Dictionaries Program: Supporting the strengthening of Australian Indigenous Languages 157
- Encyclopaedic lexicography: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary 189
- Behind the lingo – slang and the dictionary 209
- People, machines and dictionaries: Is artificial intelligence killing dictionaries? 235
- Profilex: Kognitive Leistungen des Lexikographen und die Qualität im Wörterbuchartikel 259
- Dialektwörterbücher als Wörterbücher der Zukunft 273
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents/Inhalt V
- Zur Bedeutsamkeit der Lexikographie: Europa und Australien 7
- Regarding the Significance of Lexicography: Europe and Australia 1
- Australian lexicography and the Australian story: Historical perspectives and the current scene 15
- Warum brauchen wir historische Lexikographie? 31
- Zur Berechtigung historischer Lexikographie: Fakten und Überlegungen 53
- Signed language lexicography and the Auslan dictionaries in print and online 83
- Terminology from a lexicographic perspective 115
- Online terminography for Indigenous Australians 133
- The AIATSIS Dictionaries Program: Supporting the strengthening of Australian Indigenous Languages 157
- Encyclopaedic lexicography: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary 189
- Behind the lingo – slang and the dictionary 209
- People, machines and dictionaries: Is artificial intelligence killing dictionaries? 235
- Profilex: Kognitive Leistungen des Lexikographen und die Qualität im Wörterbuchartikel 259
- Dialektwörterbücher als Wörterbücher der Zukunft 273
