Handbook of Lexicography: The Theory and Practice of Dictionary‐Making

The subtitle of this erudite work says it all: this is a top‐level “how to do it book”, designed for lexicographers, language students and teachers, translators and academics. Its Swedish author, Bo Svensén, is supremely authoritative, on the basis of long experience in dictionary compilation and in the requisite linguistic disciplines. His previous book was translated from Swedish as Practical Lexicography: Principles and Methods of Dictionary Making (Svensén, 1993). The Swedish original of this new book is Handbok I Lexikografi (Svensén (2004). For its English edition, the text has been updated, and some oversights corrected. Specifically...