The lexicography of Tibetan

Hill, Nathan W.; Garrett, Edward

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of Tibetan lexicography, from the ninth century to today. While most Tibetan dictionaries were compiled in an ad hoc manner, some used citation collections. Electronic corpora have been built for Tibetan, but they have not as yet been used to assist dictionary compilation. The various obstacles that need to be overcome first in order to be able to compile corpus-based dictionaries are discussed.

Citation

Hill, N. W., & Garrett, E. The lexicography of Tibetan. In P. Hanks, & G.-M. de Schryver (Eds.), International Handbook of Modern Lexis and Lexicography (1-11). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45369-4_109-1

• Online Publication Date: Sep 12, 2017
• Deposit Date: Apr 19, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 19, 2022
• Pages: 1-11
• Book Title: International Handbook of Modern Lexis and Lexicography
• ISBN: 9783642453694
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45369-4_109-1
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-642-45369-4_109-1