TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heming Yong
AU  - Peng Jing
AU  - Zhang Xiangming
PY  - 2023
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781636675275
TI  - Chinese Lexicography in the Twentieth Century
DO  - 10.3726/b21017
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1398018
N2  - Chinese Lexicography in the Twentieth Century provides an in-depth description of the evolution of Chinese lexicography over different stages in the twentieth century. It covers such major types as philological, bilingual, learners, electronic, specialized and special-aspect dictionaries, as well as encyclopedic dictionaries (including encyclopedias).Each chapter concludes with an insightful analysis of the characteristics and prospects of Chinese dictionary making over different periods of time. The book provides, for the first time, a systematic, coherent and phase-by-phase account of Chinese dictionary compilations in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan in the twentieth century. It ends with a comprehensive survey of theoretical explorations of Chinese lexicography, the application of their findings, and significant activities in the century.
KW  - Chinese lexicography, history, twentieth century
LA  - English
ER  -