The death of the dictionary?

Levett, John

Australian Library Journal 2002 52 (4)1226
(ReLIS:jul:juljuh:y:2002:v:52:i:4:p:1226)

Abstract:

In this issue, the word 'narratology' and its derivatives are used: it was a new word to me, and it occurred in a quotation. Now: I've been caught by words in quotes before. I once tended to assume that authors of articles would get their quotes right, and that it was no part of an editor's job to monitor copy submitted at one remove. As a consequence, and somehow subliminally, mind and eye conspired to assert that quotations need not be checked as scrupulously as direct text. Worse both went about this skimming process without reference to me. It is an occupational hazard, one of many for Geminis, this parallel processing, and exacerbated with the passing of the years. It's not the onset of that dreaded disease whose name, could I but think of it, is on.

Keywords: Diccionarios ; Editores ; Editoriales ; Edición electrónica ; Obras de referencia
Pages: 1226
Volume: 52
Year: 2002
Issue: 4

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