This paper argues that the definition of the word "dictionary" in most dictionaries is not adequate enough to cover such dictionaries as the dictionary of quotations. The writer maintains that the word "dictionary" has undergone a semantic extension. The distinctive feature of the dictionary is no longer the type of information it provides, rather the order in which thls information is arranged. Having established that a dictionary of quotations is a proper dictionary, the writer deals with its compilers, entries, indices and typological classifications.
Session
PART 6 - Historical and Scholarly Dictionaries, and other Lexicographical Topics
Keywords
Lexicography, language dictionary, quotations, dictionary of quotations, classification of dictionaries of quotations.
BibTex
@InProceedings{ELX92_2-035, author = {Ali M. Al-Kasimi}, title = {Is the dictionary of quotations a dictionary?}, pages = {573-580}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th EURALEX International Congress}, year = {1992}, month = {aug}, date = {4-9}, address = {Tampere, Finland}, editor = {Hannu Tommola & Krista Varantola,Tarja Salmi-Tolonen & Jurgen Schopp}, publisher = {Tampereen YIiopisto}, isbn = {951-44-3111-1}, }
