An analysis of the historical development of Lexicography in major world languages
Abstract
Lexicography is a scholarly discipline as well as art and
craft of dictionary-making has an important place in the history
of language study; yet its formal study has roots in the modern
times. A great importance has been attached to this discipline as
it serves as the reliable source of information for language users.
This study investigates descriptively the historical development
of lexicography and its effective contribution in enriching and
developing the ancient languages of the world: Chinese,
Japanese, Mesopotamian, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Welsh,
French, Italian, Arabic, Persian, German and English. A
detailed data of the dictionaries in afore-said languages has
been made a part at this research paper.
Almost half of this paper covers the history of English
lexicography as English is a lingua franca and thus, possesses
a huge number of dictionaries. Later in the 15th century
independent English Dictionaries were compiled and published.
These dictionaries contained much of the material of English
language, and thus, we can from them recover most of the
current vocabulary, no one appears before the end of 16th
century to have felt that Englishmen could want a dictionary to
help them to the knowledge and correct use of their own
language. With the passage of time, dictionaries in English
language appeared in a greater number and this way English
got a commanding position in the world of lexicography. Thus,
the historical development of English lexicography has followed
with no faltering steps the evolution of English History and the
development of English literature as well as language.
Dr. Rayazat. (2020) جي تاريخي ترقي جو هڪ تجزيو دنيا جي وڏين ٻولين ۾ ليڪسوگرافي, Karoonjhar Research Journal, Volume 22, Issue 1.
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