Robert F. Ilson

List of John Benjamins publications in which Robert F. Ilson is involved.

The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: Your guide to collocations and grammar. Third edition revised by Robert Ilson

Compiled by Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson and Robert F. Ilson

Speak and write perfect English!BBI teaches you how to combine words with words to form phrases (so you can say “mortgaged to the hilt; I want something badly”). BBI also teaches you how to combine words into structures to form clauses and sentences (so you can say “I want you to go = What I want… read more

[Not in series, BBI] 2010. xxxix, 462 pp.

The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations: Revised edition

Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson and Robert F. Ilson

Speak and write perfect English! The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations tells you which words go together in English and which words do not.The BBI will help you master the difficulties of common but unpredictable English phrases and word combinations.The BBI shows key differences between… read more

[Not in series, BBI 1 (2nd)] 1997. xl, 386 pp.

Using the BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: A workbook with exercises

Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, Robert F. Ilson and Richard Young

This volume has been replaced by a new (online) edition. Please click here for more information.USING THE BBI, introduces students, teachers, translators, and other interested people to the BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English. The Workbook explains how the BBI is constructed, demonstrates how… read more

[Not in series, BBI 2 (2nd)] 1991. x, 58 pp. incl. key

Using the BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: A workbook with exercises

Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, Robert F. Ilson and Richard Young

USING THE BBI, introduces students, teachers, translators, and other interested people to the BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English. The Workbook explains how the BBI is constructed, demonstrates how collocations differ from free combinations and idioms, and shows how collocations of all types can… read more

[Not in series, BBI 2 (1st)] 1991. x, 58 pp.incl. key

The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations: Dictionary and workbook (set)

Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, Robert F. Ilson and Richard Young

[Not in series, BBI S] 1991. x, 58 pp.; xl, 386 pp. + key

A Spectrum of Lexicography

Edited by Robert F. Ilson

This collection presents a balanced yet vivid picture of many of the domains of activity of lexicography. Ten contributors from eight countries discuss monolingual dictionaries (for learners and native speakers), bilingual dictionaries, an original approach to computer-aided lexicography, and the… read more

[Not in series, 28] 1987. ix, 158 pp.

Lexicographic Description of English

Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson and Robert F. Ilson

Designed to help lexicographers compile better dictionaries of English, this book provides information about the language that is not available in any other single source. It is the first serious attempt to describe in detail the lexical and grammatical differences between American and British… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 14] 1986. xiii, 288 pp.

The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: A guide to word combinations

Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson and Robert F. Ilson

This unique dictionary gives essential collocations of English in an easily accessible form. It shows which word combinations exist in English and which grammatical constructions are possible. Whenever possible, the collocations are listed under the noun, so that in order to find out, for instance,… read more

[Not in series, BBI 1 (1st)] 1986. xxxvi, 286 pp.

Ilson, Robert F. 1990 Semantic regularities in dictionaries Meaning and Lexicography, Tomaszczyk, Jerzy and Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (eds.), pp. 123–132 | Article

Ilson, Robert F. 1987 Introduction A Spectrum of Lexicography, Ilson, Robert F. (ed.), pp. vii–ix | Miscellaneous

Ilson, Robert F. 1987 Towards a Taxonomy of Dictionary Definitions A Spectrum of Lexicography, Ilson, Robert F. (ed.), pp. 61–74 | Article

Ilson, Robert F. 1986 Lexicographic Archaeology: Comparing dictionaries of the same family The History of Lexicography, Hartmann, R.R.K. (ed.), pp. 127–136 | Article

Ilson, Robert F. 1984 LEXeter '83 Babel 30:3, p.  | Discussion