Herbert Ernst Wiegand 
Semantics and Lexicography [PDF ebook] 
Selected Studies (1976-1996)

Contents: Preface. — Werner Wolski , Introduction. — Herbert Ernst Wiegand , Synonymy and its Role in Monolingual Lexicography. — Thinking about Dictionaries: Current Problems. — Languages for Special Purposes in the Monolingual Dictionary: Criticism, Provocations, and Practical and Pragmatic-oriented Suggestions. — On the Meaning Explanation of Sentence Adverbs in Monolingual Dictionaries: A Contribution to Practical Lexicology. — Synonyms Appearing in Major Alphabetical Dictionaries of Contemporary German. — A New Theory of the So-called Lexicographic Definition. — Elements of a Theory towards a So-called Lexicographic Definition. — Are Most of the Cumulative Dictionaries of Synonyms really Useless Bestsellers? — On the Distinction between Semantic and Encyclopaedic Data in Domain-specific Dictionaries. — Epilogue.