Lexicography

/lˌɛksɪkˈɒɡɹəfi/

/lˌɛksɪkˈɑːɡɹəfi/

Lexicography

the practice and study of compiling, editing, and writing dictionaries, focusing on the principles and methods of dictionary creation

Examples

1. He's probably best known for his work in lexicography, heading up a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Collets Publishers.

2. This project is very much associated with the corpus revolution in lexicography and to this day is related to a lot of corpus research.

3. Okay so a third of it was copied from Samuel Johnson, and he made a few things up and these things happen in lexicography.

4. Or, 'No teenager should ever have to read this disgusting work of lexicography.'