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Lexicography

Index of SIL publications on Lexicography listed by country.

See only SIL publications on Lexicography available online or for purchase from SIL International Publications.

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General works

• ALBRIGHT, Eric Scott; HATTON, John, authors. 2008. "WeSay, a tool for engaging native speakers in dictionary building."  
• BOTHA, Willem J., author. 1996. "The cognitive frame of a set of cricket terms."
• BRUCE, Leslie P., author. 1992. First Asia International Lexicography Conference, Manila, Philippines, October 5-9, 1992.
• BRUCE, Leslie P.; WANG, Peter, authors. 1994. "Lexical analysis, semantic sets and computer automated semantic classification."
• CASAD, Eugene H., author. 1998. Review of: Diachronic prototype semantics: a contribution to historical lexicology, by D. Geeraerts.
• COWARD, David; GRIMES, Charles E., authors. 1995. Making dictionaries: a guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter (Version 1.0).
• COWARD, David; GRIMES, Charles E., authors. 2003. "Making dictionaries: a guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter."
• COWARD, David; PEDROTTI, Mark, authors. 2003. "Using MDF in Shoebox: a supplement to "Making dictionaries: a guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter"."
• DAY, Dwight, author. 1991. Review of: Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America (Numer 9:1987), Richard W. Bailey and Marsha L. Dutton, editors.
• EATON, Robert D., author. 2001. Review of: Language and the lexicon: an introduction, by David Singleton.
• FLOOR, Sebastian, author. 1993. Emphasis markers in Greek discourse: a study in Louw and Nida’s lexicon.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1994. Review of: Lexical matters, Ivan A. Sag and Anna Szabolcsi, editors.
• GRAVELLE, Gilles, author. 2001. Review of: Modern lexicography: an introduction, by Henri Béjoint.
• GRIMES, Charles E., author. 1994. "Refining parts-of-speech in the lexicon."
• GRIMES, Charles E., author. 1994. Mapping semantic relationships in the lexicon using lexical functions.
• GRIMES, Charles E., author. 2006. "One dictionary, one language, one team, but different locations? Version control and file management turn chaos into quality."  
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1970. "Computing in lexicography."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1985. "Computing in the new lexicography."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1988. "Information dependencies in lexical subentries."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1990. "Inverse lexical functions."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1992. "Lexical functions across languages."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1996. "Lexical functions across languages."
• KROEGER, Paul R., author. 1990. Lexical phonology and the rebirth of the phoneme.
• MEL’CUK, Igor A., author. 1987. From meaning to text: Semantic representation in the meaning-text linguistic theory and a new type of monlingual dictionary.
• MOE, Ronald, author. 2001. Lexicography and mass production.
• MOE, Ronald, author. 2002. "Producing dictionaries using semantic domains."
• MOE, Ronald, author. 2003. "Compiling dictionaries using semantic domains."
• MOE, Ronald, author. 2004. "Producing dictionaries using semantic domains."
• MOE, Ronald, author. 2007. "Dictionary Development Program."  
• PARKHURST, Dianne; PARKHURST, Stephen J., authors. 2003. Lexical comparisons of signed languages and the effects of iconicity.  
• PECK, Charles W., author. 1989. Some notes on making bilingual dictionaries.
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1973. "Comments on Gleason’s ‘‘Grammatical prerequisites’’."
• SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 1993. "Report of the First Asian International Lexicography Conference 1992, 5-9 October 1992, Manila, Philippines."  

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• GREBE, Winnifred; STANLEY, Carol, compilers. 1987. Inventaire thématique de 2000 termes: Servant de base a l’élaboration d’un dictionnaire bilingue (2000 basic English word list thematically grouped to serve as the basis of a bilingual dictionary).
• SPREDA, Klaus W., author. 1982. Computer-assisted compilation of a bilingual dictionary: a sample from Metta-English.
• STANLEY, Carol, translator; GREBE, Winnifred, editor. 1980. Liste de 2.000 mots qui servira de base à un lexique.

Central African Republic

• MOORE, Troy, author. 1998. Formulating lexicographic material within an African language development project.

Côte d’Ivoire

• LEENHOUTS, Ingeborg C., author. 1984. "Towards a taxonomy of living things in Téén."

Ghana

• NADEN, Anthony J., author. 1977. Words & meanings: a guide to practical dictionary work.

Sudan

• GILLEY, Leoma G., author. 1992. An Autosegmental Approach to Shilluk Phonology.  

Americas

Colombia

• SCHAUER, Junia G., author. 1987. Review of: The facts on file visual dictionary, by Jean-Claude Corbeil, compiler.

Mexico

• ANDERSON, Alfred E.; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 1995. "Issues in Chinantec bilingual lexicography."
• BUTTON, Ella Marie, author. 1984. Abbreviated guide to dictionary format and punctuation.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 2002. "Lexical functions as a heuristic for huichol."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 2002. "Lexical functions as a hueristic for Huichol."
• MARLETT, Stephen A.; MOSER, Mary B., authors. 1996. Seri de Sonora.  
• ROBINSON, Dow F., author. 1969. Manual for bilingual dictionaries.
• SCHOENHALS, Louise C., author. 1982. Towards a valid linguistic check of bilingual dictionaries.

Peru

• DAY, Dwight, author. 1990. Editing the Shipibo dictionary according to Merriam Webster style.
• LORIOT, James, author. 1983. "Some logical chains from compound nouns to their folk definitions."
• MATTESON, Esther, author. 1976. Developing the lexicon of an unwritten language.
• PAYNE, David L., author. 1982. Bilingual dictionaries.
• WEBER, David J., author. 2000. "Lexicografía quechua: desafíos y posibilidades."

Saint Lucia

• FRANK, David B., author. 2002. "The language of the supernatural world in St. Lucia."

United States

• LEMAN, Wayne E., author. 1980. "Recent lexical work in Cheyenne."

Asia

China

• AUMANN, Greg; PAN Chengqian, authors. 2004. Report on the Iu Mien—Chinese—English dictionary project.  
• LUO Yongxian, author. 1997. "Expanding the Proto-Tai lexicon—a supplement to Li (1977)."  
• NGUYỄN Ðình Hoà, author. 1996. "A preliminary study of Tc̄-Di̱c Thánh-Chą́ Tc̄-Hu̱c: a 19th-century Chinese-Vietnamese dictionary."  

Indonesia

• KRIDALAKSANA, Harimurti, author. 1990. "Gramatikalisasi dan leksikalisasi dalam pembentukan kata."

Malaysia

• LASIMBANG, Rita, author. 1994. "The making of the Kadazan dictionary: a project report."

Nepal

• CAUGHLEY, Ross C., author. 1998. "Considerations in the making of a Chepang-Nepali-English dictionary."
• GLOVER, Warren W., author. 1998. "Toward a Nepali national corpus."
• GLOVER, Warren W., author. 2004. Ouch! Don't print that! Political correctness in Gurung lexicography.  
• SMITH, Elizabeth, author. 1998. "Field methods for data collection for the making of a dictionary."
• SMITH, Steve, author. 1998. "The use of computers in dictionary making."

Philippines

• HOHULIN, E. Lou, author. 1986. "The absence of lexical equivalence and cases of its asymmetry."
• HOHULIN, E. Lou; HOHULIN, Richard M., authors. 1982. "Problems of bilingual lexicography."
• JACOBSON, Marc R., author. 1986. Philippine dictionaries on computer.
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 1970. "Semantic theory and lexicography."
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 1986. Lexicography notes.
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 1991. "Philippine lexicography: The state of the art."
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 1995. "Computer processing of texts for lexical analysis."
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 1995. Handbook on lexicography for Philippine and other languages.
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 2003. "Handbook of lexicography for Philippine and other languages."
• NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 2005. "Bridging cultures with a bilingual dictionary."
• SANTIAGO, Alfonso O., author. 1984. The elaboration of a technical lexicon of Pilipino.

Thailand

• LUO Yongxian, author. 1997. "Expanding the Proto-Tai lexicon—a supplement to Li (1977)."  
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1991. "Lexicography of other Southeast Asian languages."

Viet Nam

• NGUYỄN Ðình Hoà, author. 1996. "A preliminary study of Tc̄-Di̱c Thánh-Chą́ Tc̄-Hu̱c: a 19th-century Chinese-Vietnamese dictionary."  

Pacific

Australia

• KILHAM, Christine A., author. 1971. "Bilingual dictionaries (The preparation of bilingual dictionaries intended primarily for the use of indigenous peoples)."  
• LEE, Jennifer R., author. 1994. "The Tiwi dictionary project."
• NEWELL, Leonard E.; SIBAYAN, Bonifacio P., editors. 1994. Papers from the First International Lexicography Conference Manila, Philippines - 1992.
• SHARPE, Margaret C., author. 1994. "A triglot dictionary for the Alawa people, Australia."
• SHARPE, Margaret C., author. 1994. "An all-dialect dictionary of Banjalang, an Australian language no longer in general use."

Papua New Guinea

• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1965. Review of: Problems in lexicography, Fred W. Householder and Sol Saporta, editors.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1987. Review of: Lexicography and conceptual analysis, by Anna Wierzbicka.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1988. Review of: a spectrum of lexicography: Papers from AILA, Brussels, 1984, Robert Ilson, editor.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1989. Review of: English speech act verbs: a semantic dictionary, by Anna Wierzbicka, compiler.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1998. Lexicography considerations for Tok Pisin.  
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1992. Using body part terms to begin a dictionary.  
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1970. "List of words suitable for monolingual eliciting."
• IRWIN, Barry S., author. 1970. "Dictionaries for translator and language learner."  
• MÜHLHÄUSLER, Peter, author. 1975. "Sociolects in New Guinea Pidgin."
• SNYDER, David M., author. 1992. "Lexicography in Papuan Tip Cluster languages: Where will it lead?."