Michael Adams, edited by Fred D. Householder, Sol Saporta

Preface
Part One: Introduction1. A Conference, a Book, and Their Context

2. Contents

3. Reception

4. Text

5. Contributors

6. Notes
Part Two: Problems in Lexicography
1. The Preparation of Dictionaries I: Theoretical Considerations

A Typological Classification of Dictionaries on the Basis of Distinctive Features, by Yakov Malkiel

Lexicographical Definition in Descriptive Semantics, by Uriel Weinreich

What Belongs in the Bilingual Dictionary?, by Mary Haas

Some Notes on Bilingual Lexicography, by Richard S. Harrell and Ann M. Driscoll

Recommendations on the Selection of Entries for a Bilingual Dictionary, by Donald C. Swanson

Comments, by Dean Stoddard Worth

2. Structural Linguistics and the Preparation of Dictionaries

The Relation of Lexicon and Grammar, by H. A. Gleason, Jr.

Lexicography and Grammar, by Henry M. Hoenigswald

Structural Linguistics and Bilingual Dictionaries, by Kemp Malone

Lexicographical Treatment of Folk Taxonomies, by Harold C. Conklin

Comments, by James Sledd

3. The Preparation of Dictionaries II: Practical Considerations

Selection and Presentation of Ready Equivalents in a Translation Dictionary, by Samuel E. Martin

Problems in Editing Commercial Monolingual Dictionaries, by C. L. Barnhart

Use and Preparation of Specialized Glossaries, by Meredith F. Burrill and Edwin Bonsack, Jr.

Meaning Discrimination in Bilingual Dictionaries, by James E. Iannucci

The Labeling of National and Regional Variation in Popular Dictionaries, by Allen Walker Read

Comments, by William Gedney

4. Lexicographical Problems in Specific Languages

Lexicographical Problems in Pashto, by O. L. Chavarría-Aguilar and Herbert Penzl

Problems in Modern Greek Lexicography, by Henry and Renée Kahane

Problems of Turkish Lexicography, by Andreas Tietze

Comments, by William S. Cornyn

5. Appendices

Summary Report, by Fred D. Householder

Program of the Conference

Participants in the Conference

References

Index