General Editors』Preface
      Author’’s Preface
      Acknowledgdments
      Section I:Lexicography in practice and theory
      1 The lexicographic scene
      1.1 Mapping lexicography
      1.2 Lexicography as a many—sided activity
      2 Lexicography 8S practice
      2.1 Dictionary rnbaking
      2.2 The lexicographic process(es)
      2.3 Compilation in action:the DoL(1998)
      3 Lexicography as theory
      3.1 Compiler,user,teacher,researcher
      3.2 From metalexicography to reference science
      3.3 Lexicography and applied linguistics
      3.4 Diversification and globalisation
      Section II:Perspectives on dictionary research
      4 Historical and critical perspectives
      4.1 Dictionary history
      4.2 Seven perspectives on dictionary history
      4.3 Dictionary criticism
      4.4 Six perspectives on dictionary criticism
      5 Structural and typological perspectives
      5.1 Dictionary structure
      5.2 Six perspectives on dictionary structure
      5.3 Dictionarytypology
      5.4 Towards a typology of the pedagogical dictionary
      6 The user perspective
      6.1 The dictionary user-all unknown quantity?
      6.2 Six perspectives on dictionary use
      6.3 Limitations of research on dictionary use
      Section lll:lssues,methods and case studies
      7 lssues in dictionary research
      7.1 Issues raised in earlier chapters
      7.2 Other desiderata
      7.3 An inventory of issues
      8 Methods in dictionary research
      8.1 Method and methodology
      8.2 Methodology in dictionary research
      8.3 Methodological plurality,with special reference to user studies
      8.4 Dictionary research as an interdisciplinary subject
      9 Case studies
      9.1 The case study approach in dictionary research
      9.2 Ten case studies
      Section IV:Resources
      10 lnformation sources,including web sites
      11 Glossary of terms in lexicography and dictionary research
      Bibliography
      Cited dictionaries
      Other references
      Index