lexicography
noun
lex·i·cog·ra·phy
ˌlek-sə-ˈkä-grə-fē 
1
: the editing or making of a dictionary
2
: the principles and practices of dictionary making
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My late friend James Sledd, a University of Texas linguist who was an expert on lexicography among other things, was politically to the left.
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David Harsanyi, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
Webster fell back on lexicography.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2021
Psychologist Tim Lomas created an interactive lexicography of emotion words in languages from Akkadian to Zulu, positing that expanded sentimental vocabularies enrich our inner lives.
—Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
Webster, who corresponded with founding fathers like Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, saw lexicography as an act of patriotism.
—New York Times, 13 Sep. 2021
While the dictionary was partly compiled with 6-by-4-inch slips of paper, as in the 19th century, Ms. Barber was sent to Palo Alto, Calif., and Oxford, England, to learn computational lexicography.
—New York Times, 16 May 2021
Languages from Aleut to Zulu contain unique terms for our internal lives, and Lomas has gathered thousands of them into an interactive lexicography.
—Jen Rose Smith, National Geographic , 22 Dec. 2020
The map has nearly 1,000 regions (i.e., words) so far, and even then, many more have yet to be included (given that the lexicography currently only features around 100 languages, out of some 7,000 worldwide).
—Tim Lomas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018
Dictionary Stories,’’ perched perilously somewhere between lexicography, automatic writing and flash fiction.
—Paul Wilner, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
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David Harsanyi, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
Webster fell back on lexicography.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2021
Psychologist Tim Lomas created an interactive lexicography of emotion words in languages from Akkadian to Zulu, positing that expanded sentimental vocabularies enrich our inner lives.
—Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
Webster, who corresponded with founding fathers like Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, saw lexicography as an act of patriotism.
—New York Times, 13 Sep. 2021
While the dictionary was partly compiled with 6-by-4-inch slips of paper, as in the 19th century, Ms. Barber was sent to Palo Alto, Calif., and Oxford, England, to learn computational lexicography.
—New York Times, 16 May 2021
Languages from Aleut to Zulu contain unique terms for our internal lives, and Lomas has gathered thousands of them into an interactive lexicography.
—Jen Rose Smith, National Geographic , 22 Dec. 2020
The map has nearly 1,000 regions (i.e., words) so far, and even then, many more have yet to be included (given that the lexicography currently only features around 100 languages, out of some 7,000 worldwide).
—Tim Lomas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018
Dictionary Stories,’’ perched perilously somewhere between lexicography, automatic writing and flash fiction.
—Paul Wilner, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
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“Lexicography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lexicography. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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