26 Oct
2004
26 Oct
'04
01:44
Andreas Philipp wrote:
El Lun 25 Oct 2004 16:10, Allen escribió:
What is a "Lexicographer" ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicography :
"A person devoted to lexicography is called a lexicographer."
"Most English lexicographers would find interest in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755). He famously defined a lexicographer as 'A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words'".
There's an interesting book, called "The Meaning of Everything", which describes the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.