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Lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. It is divided into practical lexicography, which deals with the actual compilation of dictionaries, and theoretical lexicography, which analyzes the semantic relationships within a language's vocabulary and develops theories on dictionary structure and user needs. Lexicography involves both the practical work of dictionary making as well as the scholarly study of how dictionaries are structured and used.

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Lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. It is divided into practical lexicography, which deals with the actual compilation of dictionaries, and theoretical lexicography, which analyzes the semantic relationships within a language's vocabulary and develops theories on dictionary structure and user needs. Lexicography involves both the practical work of dictionary making as well as the scholarly study of how dictionaries are structured and used.

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Lexicography

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For the term in mathematics, see Lexicographical order.

Not to be confused with lexicology.

"dictionary structure" redirects here. For the dictionary data structure, see associative array.

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Lexicography is divided into two separate but equally important groups:

● Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
● Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and
paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language, developing theories of dictionary
components and structures linking the data in dictionaries, the needs for information by users in specific types of
situations, and how users may best access the data incorporated in printed and electronic dictionaries. This is
sometimes referred to as 'metalexicography'.
There is some disagreement on the definition of lexicology, as distinct from lexicography. Some use "lexicology" as a synonym
for theoretical lexicography; others use it to mean a branch of linguistics pertaining to the inventory of words in a particular
language.

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A person devoted to lexicography is called a lexicographer.

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