A dictionary (also called a wordbook, lexicon or vocabulary) is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon. According to Nielsen (2008) a dictionary may be regarded as a lexicographical product that is characteris...
More
Read article at Wikipedia
Websites of this genre:
- Wiktionary ,
- Urban Dictionary ,
- Logos Dictionary ,
- Wordnik ,
- Deu Sözlük ,
- Reference.com ,
- Naijalingo ,
- WordReference.com ,
- Lexipedia ,
- Wordster
Books In This Genre:
- Vocabulario manual de las lenguas castellana y mexicana ,
- Nippo Jisho ,
- Dizionario etimologico del monopolitano ,
- Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana ,
- Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana ,
- A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew ,
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography ,
- Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work That Defined the English Language ,
- Garner's Modern American Usage ,
- Grove Dictionary of Art
Quotations About This Subject:
- Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. ,
- Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true. ,
- Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words. ,
- At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ,
- Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similes (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition (the lowest thing I can think of at this time).
