Specialised lexicography: 20 years in slow motion

Abstract

This article discusses the development of specialised lexicography during the\npast twenty years. It first looks at the practical products published in this period\nand indicates that although the number of specialised dictionaries,\nencyclopaedias and other lexicographical works have never been bigger, there is\nno noteworthy development in terms of quality; to this should be added that this\nbranch of lexicography has only to a limited degree exploited the possibilities\ncreated by the new electronic media, especially the Internet. The article then\ncomments on the theoretical development of specialised lexicography in the\nperiod in question. Although some positive steps have been taken, it points to an\nastonishing lack of interest in this type of theoretical work, a fact expressed in\nthe relatively reduced number of publications that does not correspond to the\ngrowing flow of practical works published in the same period. Finally, the article\nmentions some of the possible reasons for this lack of interest in theory as well\nas the challenges in head of specialised lexicography in this respect.

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