Jean Claude Boulanger Bücher

Lexicographica. Series Maior features monographs and edited volumes on the topics of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Works from the broader domain of lexicology are also included, provided they strengthen the theoretical, methodological and empirical basis of lexicography and meta-lexicography. The almost 150 books published in the series since its founding in 1984 clearly reflect the main themes and developments of the field. The publications focus on aspects of lexicography such as micro- and macrostructure, typology, history of the discipline, and application-oriented lexicographical documentation.

The study proceeds from the study of proper names as direct etymological sources in word-formation. The authors inquire into the way these onomastic lexical units interrelate with the general vocabulary of a language from a lexicographic point of view. Their central interest is in the quantitative proportion and functional value of proper names in the micro- and macro-structural organization of general French-language dictionaries. They also compile sub-groups of words originating from proper nouns (eponyms, derivatives, complex lexical units, etc.) and integrated into the nomenclatures, proceeding from there to analyze their principal predicative roles in dictionary headings.