Patrick Hanks
The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair
Hanks, Patrick
Authors
Abstract
John Sinclair opened up possibilities for new kinds of dictionaries. He assigned a central role to collocations and phraseology, insisting on close attention to textual evidence coupled with a broad theoretical perspective and ruthless jettisoning of hypotheses that do not fit the facts. He aimed to create dictionaries that would help students to write and speak idiomatically. In the tradition of Dr Johnson and OED, these would be based on evidence rather than speculation, but evidence of contemporary usage, not literary citations. In this paper, I look at some possibilities inspired by this approach. I suggest that a synthesis between Sinclairian corpus linguistics and construction grammar is overdue. © 2008 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | Sep 1, 2008 |
| Journal | International Journal of Lexicography |
| Print ISSN | 0950-3846 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1477-4577 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 219-229 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecn031 |
| Keywords | John Sinclair |
| Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1018869 |
| Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecn031 |