DICTIONARY

Dictionary is an assemblage of word listings of a specific language sorted by alphabetical order in definite methods. This literary genre provides relevant information related to words including meanings, articulation, intonation, grammatical information, linguistics and the root of the word. The information is represented usually with the instances either in sentences or in phrases to demonstrate the proper and impeccable usage of the word and its connotations.

The special procedure of composing a dictionary is widely known as

Lexicography. The composers of dictionaries or the lexicologists usually follow two fundamental norms to define the terms, as: the Dogmatic doctrine and the Expressive doctrine. In some dictionaries (e.g. Hebrew language) the words are arranged along with their prefixes, while in some other languages, (e.g. South East Asian Languages) dictionaries emphasize on the phonetic rules.

Nowadays in almost all of the language dictionaries, the words are arranged pursuing the alphabetical order or phonetic system.

A number of Dictionaries are composed through decades. A few of these most renowned dictionaries with their publishers' names are:

•  Merriam-Webster Dictionary by G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts

•  Oxford English Dictionary by Oxford University Press (OUP)

•  Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English by Longman

•  Collins English Dictionary by HarperCollins Publishers

Several online Dictionaries are also designed for the readers and the online visitors; some of these dictionaries are :

·         Collins, Collins English dictionary and thesaurus

·         Bartleby American traditional Dictionary on English linguistics

·         Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster dictionary

·         AskOxford, The complete Oxford English Dictionary

·         Cambridge, Online Cambridge Dictionary

The wide range of dictionaries present word- as well as language-related pertinent information to the readers all over the world.