Text corpora and multilingual lexicography

Published in 2007 by John Benjamins, this volume serves as a critical contribution to the field of corpus linguistics. Wolfgang Teubert, a prominent figure in the study of lexicography and discourse analysis, compiled these works to examine how large-scale text corpora transform the way we understand language and dictionary-making. The text sits within the Corpus and Discourse series, reflecting a shift in the early 21st century toward empirical, evidence-based language research that moves beyond traditional intuition-based linguistic models.

Teubert’s design for the work centers on the methodology of meaning-as-use, arguing that the social and cultural identity of words is best captured through the analysis of vast, authentic text databases. By bridging the gap between theoretical lexicography and practical computational linguistics, the book provides a technical framework for scholars. It has been well-regarded within academic circles for its rigorous defense of corpus-driven approaches to multilingual dictionaries and its emphasis on the changing semantic nature of global languages.