Evaluating a dictionary involves assessing its quality and value based on criteria such as authority, vocabulary, features, and treatment of words. A lexicographer is responsible for compiling and editing dictionaries, and dictionary criticism is crucial for providing informed reviews and advancing lexicography. Due to the extensive nature of dictionaries, reviewing them differs significantly from traditional book reviews.

1. Evaluating a Dictionary

2. What does the evaluation of dictionaries
mean??

3. Evaluating a dictionary: is the process of judging or calculating the quality, importance, amount,
or value of dictionary : Evaluation of this new treatment cannot take place until all the data has
been collected.

4. There is certain criteria of evaluation of dictionaries :
1) Authority.
2) Vocabulary.
3) Special features.
4) Continuous revision.
5) Format.
6) Treatment of words :
• Spelling.
• Meaning.
• Pronunciation.
• Grammatical information.
• Syllabication.

5. - A lexicographer.
Q1) what do we call the dictionary’s
criticizer?

6. lexicographer :
is a person who writes, compiles, and/or edits a dictionary.

7. Q2) why is the reviewing of dictionaries not like that
of other books??
-Because it would be impossible for a reviewer to read the whole text of a
dictionary that consists of nearly 3.6 million words of text.

8. Q3)Why is dictionary criticism an important
activity??
Dictionary criticism is an important activity. It not only provides informed reviews of
dictionaries for potential users, it also contributes to advances in lexicography and to
improvements in dictionaries.

9. Basmalahamawi.
Dr.KhaleelBataineh.
Lixecography.
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