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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Types of Dictionaries
- Chapter 1 Dictionary Typologies
- Chapter 2 Historical and Other Specialized Dictionaries
- Chapter 3 Thesauri
- Chapter 4 Commercial Dictionaries
- Chapter 5 Bilingual Dictionaries
- Chapter 6 Learner’s Dictionaries
- Chapter 7 Children’s Dictionaries
- Chapter 8 Dictionaries of Quotations and Dictionaries of Proverbs
- Part II Dictionaries as Books
- Part III Dictionaries and Ideology
- Part IV Dictionaries and Domains of Use
- Part V The Business of Dictionaries
- Part VI The Future of Dictionaries
- References: Dictionaries
- References: Secondary Works
- Index
Chapter 3 - Thesauri
from Part I - Types of Dictionaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Types of Dictionaries
- Chapter 1 Dictionary Typologies
- Chapter 2 Historical and Other Specialized Dictionaries
- Chapter 3 Thesauri
- Chapter 4 Commercial Dictionaries
- Chapter 5 Bilingual Dictionaries
- Chapter 6 Learner’s Dictionaries
- Chapter 7 Children’s Dictionaries
- Chapter 8 Dictionaries of Quotations and Dictionaries of Proverbs
- Part II Dictionaries as Books
- Part III Dictionaries and Ideology
- Part IV Dictionaries and Domains of Use
- Part V The Business of Dictionaries
- Part VI The Future of Dictionaries
- References: Dictionaries
- References: Secondary Works
- Index
Summary
The chapter gives a brief history of thesauri and an overview of types of thesauri and the various ways they can be used to retrieve and discover synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, and other types of related word. A case study of The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary explores the ways that a historical thesaurus (with its associated historical dictionary) can be used to analyse linguistic and social change. Throughout the chapter it is argued that thesauri and dictionaries are most effective when regarded as complementary and interconnected language resources, an integration which is being facilitated by the digital age.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary , pp. 50 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024