Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography

By Sidney I. Landau

Book Overview

This second edition of Sidney I. Landau's landmark work offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written, with particular attention to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684180960
• ISBN13: 9780684180960
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Qualified Five Stars

This deserves a qualified five star rating. Qualified, in the sense that you need to have some interest in lexicography and history. Not a degree, mind you, but more than a distant interest. At times, it does get a little long-winded, but stay with it. Some interesting stories and good insight into a world that we often don't see, but we use its results quite frequently. Fairly easy to read, no more difficult than high school reading materials (probably easier than that). Give it a try, at least start and browse.

Fascinating and funny

An excellent introduction to the world of dictionaries. Well-informed and well-written.