Introduction……………………………………………………………..………..3
1 The place of lexicography among linguistic disciplines………..……………….4
1.1 Lexicography as one of the language sciences ..……………………………....5
1.2 Types of dictionaries……………………....……..…………………………….7
1.3 Compilation of dictionaries…………………………………………………...12
2 Muller's Russian-English Dictionary……………………………………….…...15
2.1 The preface to the first edition……………………………………….………..15
2.2 Dictionary features…………………………………………………………….15
2.3 Benefits of electronic dictionaries……………………………………………..16
3 Electronic dictionaries …………………………………………………………..20
3.1 Electronic dictionaries «Lingvo» ……………………………………………..20
3.2 Electronic dictionaries "MultiLex"…………………………………………… 21
3.3 Using dictionaries when editing a translation…………………………………21
Conclusion……………………………………………………………..…………28
References………………………………………………………………………..30