Open AccessLexicographic Macrostructures
Author(s) -
Sandro Nielsen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
hermes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.759
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1903-1785
pISSN - 0904-1699
DOI - 10.7146/hjlcb.v3i4.21422
Subject(s) - lexicographical order , simple (philosophy) , basis (linear algebra) , degree (music) , computer science , linguistics , mathematics , epistemology , philosophy , combinatorics , geometry , physics , acoustics
The lexicographic macrostructure is not merely the arrangement of lemmata, but a structure which applies to the dictionary as a whole. For descriptive purposes, one distinction between the macrostructure of dictionaries is simple and complex macrostructures. On the basis of empirical evidence, suggestions are made in respect of the degree of complexity of lexicographic macrostructures and the interrelationship between or among the macrostructural components.