metalexicography

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ lexicography

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

metalexicography (uncountable)

1. (linguistics, lexicography) The study of lexicography
   • 1986, Robert Ilson, Lexicography: An Emerging International Profession, page 101:

     Metalexicography can be divided into five fields of interest; the first is lexicographic theory […]

   • 1988, Ladislav Zgusta et al., Lexicography Today: An Annotated Bibliography of the Theory of Lexicography‎^[1], page 7:

     This is a bibliography of works that deal with the theory, methods, and procedures of lexicography (in short, with what is called in French and German metalexicography)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• metalexicographer
• metalexicographical
• metalexicographically

Related terms

Related terms

• metadictionary
• metalanguage
• metalexicon
• metalinguistics
• terminography

Translations

study of lexicography in the abstract

• French: metalexicographie
• German: Metalexikographie f
• Korean: 사전학 (ko) (sajeonhak)
• Portuguese: metalexicografia f