Проблеми лексикографування топонімійної лексики в загальних тлумачних англомовних словниках

Abstract

The article considers the problem of lexicographic inclusion of toponymic lexical units in general-purpose dictionaries. At the same time, a classification scheme of typological description of place-names has been developed, a number of related problems, which are still to be solved in juture, has been identified. The proposed scientific analysis of four general English dictionaries proves incidental character of choice of geographic places aiming at their enclosure in a dictionary. The structural analysis of definitions proves that unified adequate approach to semantization of toponyms has not yet been developed in modern lexicography.