Lexicography

Lexicography is __________ .

• another name for “lexicology”

• the study of meaning

• the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries

• the study of connection of English spelling with English grammar

The art of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries belongs to:

• theoretical lexicography

• practical lexicography

• general lexicology

• special lexicology

Dictionaries which describe different objects, phenomena, people and give some data about them are called:

• encyclopedic

• general explanatory

• general translation

• specialized

Dictionaries which include dictionaries of synonyms, antonyms, collocations, word-frequency, neologisms, slang, pronouncing, etymological, phrase logical and others are called:

• encyclopedic

• general

• translation

• specialized

According to classification of dictionaries “The Concise Oxford Dictionary” is:

• encyclopedic

• general explanatory

• general translation

• specialized

According to classification of dictionaries “Webster’s Dictionary of Synonyms” is:

• specialized

• encyclopedic

• general explanatory

• general translation

Dictionaries are called unilingual if __________ .

• the explanation is given in another language

• the explanation is given in the same language

Dictionaries are called bilingual if __________ .

• the explanation is given in the same language

• the explanation is given in another language

The first unilingual dictionary explaining difficult words appeared in _____, the author was Robert Cawdrey, a schoolmaster.

• 1504

• 1604

• 1704

• 1804

The American lexicography began to develop much later, at the end of the __________ .

• 15th century

• 16th century

• 17th century

• 18th century