Lexicography: Origins and Development

In Lexicography: Origin and Development, linguist Dr. Rabia Larabi delivers a thorough investigation into the historical evolution and theoretical foundations of dictionary-making. The book establishes lexicography as an independent and vital discipline within applied linguistics, comparing classical Arabic dictionary traditions with Western lexicographical developments.

The author systematically analyzes structural approaches to organizing vocabulary—ranging from phonetic and root-based arrangements to modern alphabetical and thematic systems. Furthermore, the study addresses the contemporary challenges facing Arabic lexicography, exploring the transition from traditional printed lexicons to digital, corpus-based, and computational dictionaries suitable for modern natural language processing.

Because it offers an authoritative guide to the theory and history of dictionary science, providing vital perspectives on modernizing Arabic lexicography.

Linguists, lexicographers, researchers in applied linguistics, postgraduate language students, and computational linguistics specialists.