He was section editor for lexicography in the second edition of the Elsevier Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (ELL2; 2005), edited by Keith Brown, for which he commissioned survey articles on lexicography in all the world's major languages and on major issues in lexicography and lexicology. He edited a multivolume collection covering all aspects of lexicology for Routledge, and, with Rachel Giora, a companion collection covering all aspects of metaphor and figurative language.
The text describes a person's contributions to lexicography, lexicology, and metaphor studies through their work as section editor for a major encyclopedia, editing a multi-volume collection on lexicology, and collaborating with another researcher on a companion book about figurative language.