16th-Century Bilingual Dictionaries (French-English): Organization and Access, Then and Now

CHWP B.7, publ. May 1996. © Editors of CHWP 1996. [First published in CCH Working Papers, vol. 2 (1992).]

[Abstract / Résumé]

KEYWORDS
Bilingual dictionaries, English, French, sixteenth century, language, society, Palsgrave, Veron, Baret, Huloet-Higgins, Hollyband, choice of words, types of information, sources, examples, organizational scheme, full-text database, mark-up according to specific needs, types of access, secondary information

0. Introduction
1. Lexicographic Practices
1.1. Which languages will be included?
1.2. Which words will be included?
1.2.1. Base vocabulary
1.2.2. Additions
1.2.3. Hard Words
1.3. The organization of the text: means of access
1.3.1. Alphabetization
1.3.2. Word families
1.3.3. Meanings and entries
1.4. The use of print technology
1.5. Information within the articles themselves
1.5.1. Pronunciation and Orthography
1.5.2. Morphology
1.5.3. Syntax
1.5.4. Semantic Information
1.5.5. Language Variation

1.5.5.1. Geographical variation
1.5.5.2. Sociolinguistic variation
1.5.5.3. Diachronic variation
1.5.6. Examples
1.5.7. Encyclopedic Information
2. Database Search Desiderata
2.1. Historians of Linguistics/Lexicography
2.2. Historians of Language
2.3. Literary Scholars
2.4. Historians of Culture
3. Conclusions
Bibliography