L. T. Kilevaya Doctor of Philological Sciences, Docent

Lecture 16. English Lexicography
1. Define which type the given dictionaries refer to: encyclopedic – linguistic, general – restricted, explanatory – specialized, monolingual – bilingual.
E.g. The Macmillan Phrasal Verbs Plus is a linguistic, restricted, explanatory, monolingual dictionary.

1. 
   The New Oxford Dictionary of English. 2. The Oxford English- Russian Dictionary. 3. The English Pronouncing Dictionary. 4. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5. The Longman Business English Dictionary. 6. The Cambridge Guide to Fiction in English. 7. A Dictionary of Neologisms. 8. The Macmillan Collocations Dictionary. 9. A Bibliographic Dictionary of Pseudonyms. 10. The Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. 11. The Macmillan Study Dictionary. 12. The English- Russian Phraseological Dictionary.
   
2. 
   Choose three words in the dictionary and analyze the nature of the information presented in the given entries. (See the presentation of illustrative material).
   

Every dictionary entry begins with the head word in a bold


сommand¹ /kəma:nd / noun 1 [U] control over someone or something and responsibility for them командование, руковоство. The soldiers were under the command of a tough sergeant-major. ◦ Jones was in command (= the leader). 2 [C] B2 an order to do something приказ, команда 3 [no plural] B2 knowledge of a subject, especially a language знание, владение (предметом) She had a good command of French. 4 be at sb’s command to be ready to obey someone’s orders быть в чьум-либо распоряжении, быть к чьим-либо услугам 5 [C] an instruction to a computer команда сommand² – verb formal1 [T] to control someone or something and tell them what to do командовать He commanded the armed forces. 2 [I,T] to order someone to do something приказывать (+to do sth) The officer commanded his men to shoot. 3 command attention/loyalty/respect, etc to deserve and get attention, loyalty, respect, etc from other people приковывать внимание/внушать предоннасть/уважение.