Lexicography 2.0: Reimagining Dictionaries for the Digital Age (original) (raw)

There is a growing consensus among lexical reference publishers that the move away from print is an inevitable one. What is gained and what is lost in the shift from page to pixel? Here I argue that the digital transformation of dictionaries and thesauruses provides fresh opportunities for lexicographers to engage with generations coming of age in the electronic era. I will survey some of the latest advances in the field, with an eye to making electronically based dictionaries and thesauruses maximally useful to a twenty-first-century readership.