Stages of lexicography

Abstract
The level of development of a language can be judged from the vastness, universality and variety of its vocabulary. The organization of this vocbulary in a specific way, elucidation of thier meaning and connotations is called lexicography.Although, it is a practical impossibility to comprehend all the verbs, idioms and proverbs of a language, dating from its incipience to the time of its lexicalization,yet a period of evolution of a language can be demarcated and its vocabulary can be lexicalized as well as elucidated. This elucidation of language items requires a specific arrangement.This artical is meant to comprehend the stages of lexicographical compilation.

Muhammad Rafique-ul-Islam. (2017) غت نگاری کے مراحل, Zaban-o-Adab, Volume 22, Issue 1.
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