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The Chinese Lexicon: A Comprehensive Survey. By Yip Po-Ching. [London and New York: Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0-415-15174-0.]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2002

Hugh D. R. Baker
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The simple definition of “lexicon” in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary is “dictionary.” Unlike a dictionary, though, the words in this work cannot be consulted through an alphabetical index, the only access being afforded by the chapter headings and subheadings of the three-page Contents list at the front. It does not pretend to be nor is it a dictionary, it is a systematic attempt to classify and in part to explain the typology and functions of the word stock of Chinese. The Index is a guide to the descriptors rather than to the material described.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 170 , June 2002 , pp. 477 - 502
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© The China Quarterly, 2002

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