王宗炎序
沈家煊序
導讀
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Dictionaries and the Dictionary
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Tyes of dictionaries
2 The Lexicographical Scene of English-Speaking Countries
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The lexicographical scene of the USA
2.3 The lexicographical scene of Great Briain
2.4 Other English-speaking countries
2.5 New Trends and old traditions in English-language lexicography
3 The Historical Origins of the General-Purpose Dictionary
3.1 Pre-history： the first dictionaries
3.2 Monolingual dictionaries from the Renaissance to the twentieth century
4 General-Purpose Dictionaries and Society
4.1 The functions of the general-purpose dictionary
4.2 The popular image of the general-purpose dictionary
5 What are General-Purpose Dictionaries Really For?
6 The Linguistic Traditions of Lexicography
7 Whither Lexicography?
Bibliography
Index
文庫索引

王宗炎序
沈家煊序
導讀
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Dictionaries and the Dictionary
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Tyes of dictionaries
2 The Lexicographical Scene of English-Speaking Countries
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The lexicographical scene of the USA
2.3 The lexicographical scene of Great Briain
2.4 Other English-speaking countries
2.5 New Trends and old traditions in English-language lexicography
3 The Historical Origins of the General-Purpose Dictionary
3....