Lexicography as a philosophy of language  

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Seargeant, Philip

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 33 no. 1 (2011), page 1-10.
Topik: Dictionary Language conceptualisation Georges Bataille National language Scriptism World Englishes
Fulltext: vol. 33 issue 1 January, 2011. p. 1-10.pdf (285.2KB)

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This article analyses the presuppositions about language upon which lexicography is built, and examines the linguistic ideologies to which dictionary projects in turn contribute. The contention is that dictionaries produce and reproduce specific and historically contingent beliefs about language, which are then co-opted into wider social and political practice such as the reification of national linguistic difference by national dictionary projects. To explore this contention, the article surveys the claims made by lexicographic projects and analyses the ways in which this ‘lexicographic ideology’ is invoked in a selection of political initiatives and philosophical works.

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