20. Some basic problems of dictionary compiling.

Problems:

1) Selections of words

nature(whether to include scientific, technical terms,

Shakespeare’s lg, slang, neologisms etc)

number(the biggest is of 600,000 words)

According to frequency of usage.

2) Arrangement of the entries:

- spelling

- pronunciation

- grammatical inform.

- definition (encyclopedic, synonyms, translation)

(in unilingual dictionary-to give the synonyms or to give encyclopedic definition)

Ways of arranging:

alphabetical

thematically

nests/clusters

3) Are derivatives worth separate entries; Where to put prepositions

4) From where to take the examples; do we need them at all?