Sentences with phrase «how lexicographers»

Not exact matches

Lexicographers get to decide what new words will get into next year's edition, and by doing so must choose where to position themselves in the war between descriptivists, who see their role as merely describing how the language is currently being used, and prescriptivists, who feel their role is to guide the reader on how to speak and write well.

But Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), the great writer and lexicographer said «How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice».

It provides the evidence of how language is used in real situations, from which lexicographers can write accurate and meaningful dictionary entries.»