Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography written by B. T. Sue Atkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive introduction by two of the world's leading lexicographers presents a course in dictionary-making for publishers, colleges, and universities world-wide. The book takes readers through building a corpus, analysing the data, and writing entries. Numerous exercises show the use of software to manipulate data and compile entries.