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  • Why were early dictionaries made?
    To help travelers, traders, or missionaries understand other languages.
  • What is a dictionary?
    A dictionary is a book that lists words and tells their meanings and other details.
  • What is lexicography?
    Lexicography is the work of making dictionaries.
  • What are the two types of lexicography?
    General lexicography and specialized (or scholarly) lexicography.
  • What is theoretical lexicography?
    It is the study of how dictionaries should be made and used.
  • What does lexicology study?
    Lexicology studies the words (vocabulary) of a language.
  • How is lexicography used by linguists?
    Linguists use dictionary data in their language research.
  • What is a lexicon?
    A lexicon means all the words of a language, or it can mean a dictionary.
  • Who is a lexicographer?
    A lexicographer is a person who writes or edits dictionaries.
  • What is the difference between lexicology and lexicography?
    Lexicology studies words; lexicography writes dictionaries.
  • What is the main object of lexicography and lexicology?
    The main object is the vocabulary of a language.
  • What is practical lexicography?
    It is the actual work of writing and editing dictionaries.
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