Lexicography

containing 30 thousand terms; 5) Russian – English Polytechnic Dictionary,
reissued in 1996, containing 90 thousand terms.
It should be said about one more book “Translator’s Russian – English
Phraseological Dictionary”, compiled by S.S. Kuzmin (2001), which can truly
be called Dictionary of the 21 st century. It includes 2 thousand Russian
phraseological expressions and how to express them in English. The author’s
progressive ideas about the role of phraseology in communication give him
every ground for addressing the dictionary to translators first of all.
At the end of the XXth century electronic versions of Multilex appeared, they
are computerized dictionaries of new generation. We may enjoy their
advantages and discuss their peculiarities. We’ll dwell upon electronic
dictionaries further on.
Questions:
1) When did the first multilingual dictionary appear in Russia, its author,
content?
2) What types of dictionaries appeared in Russia in the 19 th century?
3) What do you know about famous reliable dictionaries in the 20 th century?
4) Give examples of Russian – English and English – Russian bilingual
contemporary dictionaries. What do they aim at?
Lecture 6.
Theoretical lexicography, its aims, problems and functions
Plan:
1. The concept of “lexicography”.
2. Aims and functions of lexicography.
3. General typology of dictionaries.
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