Encyclopedic learners' dictionaries : a study of their design features from the user perspective

The series features monographs and edited volumes on the topics of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Works from the broader domain of lexicology are also included if they strengthen the theoretical, methodological and empirical basis of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Thevolumes focus on aspec...

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Main Author: Stark, M. P. (Martin P.)
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
French
German
Published: Tübingen M. Niemeyer 1999
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
De Gruyter
Edition:1
Series:Lexicographica. Series Maior
Subjects:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism
English language > Lexicography
English language > Usage > Dictionaries
English language-Study and teaching-Foreign speakers-Evaluation
English language-Textbooks for foreign speakers-Evaluation
Lexicography
Longman dictionary of English language and culture
Oxford advanced learner's encyclopedic dictionary
ISBN:9783484309920, 348430992X
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Table of Contents:
  • 2.1. Exploring the Users' Perspective on the Encyclopedic Learner's Dictionary -- 2.2. Previous User-based Lexicographical Research -- 2.3. Methodological Approaches to User Research -- 2.4. The User Survey Questionnaire -- 2.5. The Informants -- 2.5.1. Users' Reasons for Choosing Particular Learners' Dictionaries -- 2.5.2. Main Uses of Learners' Dictionaries -- 2.5.3. Main Types of Information Consulted -- 2.5.4. Attitudes towards the Inclusion of Encyclopedic Information in Learners' Dictionaries -- 2.6. Summary -- Chapter 3: Design Features of Encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries -- 3.1. A User-Informed Analysis and Evaluation of ELD Design Features -- 3.2. Types of Encyclopedic Entry in ELDs -- 3.3. The Extent of Revision from Non-encyclopedic MLD to Encyclopedic Learner's Dictionary -- 3.4. The Cultural Scope of Encyclopedic Information -- 3.5. The Subject Scope of Encyclopedic Information -- 3.6. Biographical Entries -- 3.6.1. User Preferences for LDELC or OALED Biographical Entries -- 3.6.2. Usefulness of Specific Types of Biographical Entry -- 3.7. Proper Noun Entries -- 3.8. Large Encyclopedic Articles -- 3.8.1. Attitudes towards the Inclusion of Large Encyclopedic Articles in Learners' Dictionaries -- 3.8.2. LDELC's 'Features' -- 3.8.3. OALED's 'Special Feature Articles' -- 3.8.4. A Comparative Analysis of Large Encyclopedic Articles in LDELC and OALED -- 3.8.5. User Preferences for Large Encyclopedic Articles in LDELC or OALED -- 3.9. Short Cultural Notes -- 3.9.1. The Function of Short Cultural Notes -- 3.9.2. Connotative Information in Short Cultural Notes -- 3.9.3. Cultural Information in Short Cultural Notes -- 3.9.4. A Comparative Analysis of Short Cultural Notes in LDELC and OALED -- 3.9.5. User Preferences for Short Cultural Notes in LDELC or OALED -- 3.10. Illustrations
  • 3.10.1. LDELC's Colour Illustrations and Illustrated Information Pages -- 3.10.2. Maps -- 3.11. Encyclopedic Components in the Back Matter -- 3.11.1. Usefulness of Specific Back Matter Components -- 3.12. Summary -- Conclusion -- Implications for the Future Production of Encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries -- Implications for Future Lexicographical Research -- Bibliography -- Cited Dictionaries and Encyclopedias -- Other Literature -- Appendix 1: User Survey Questionnaire -- Appendix 2: Headwords in the X, Y, and Z Sections of LDELC and LDOCE2 -- Appendix 3: Headwords in the X, Y, and Z Sections of OALED and OALD4 -- Appendix 4: Headwords in the X, Y, and Z Sections of LDELC, LDOCE2, OALED, and OALD4 -- Appendix 5: Headwords in the X, Y, and Z Sections of LDELC (but not LDOCE2) and OALED (but not OALD4) -- Appendix 6: Biographical Entries in the M Sections of LDELC and OALED -- Appendix 7: Table of Cultural Notes in LDELC and Mini-notes in OALED -- Abstracts -- Résumé Français -- Deutsche Zusammenfassung
  • Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Table of Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Describing a New Lexicographical Hybrid: the Encyclopedic Learner's Dictionary -- 1.1. Exploring the Roots of the Encyclopedic Learner's Dictionary -- 1.2. Metalexicographical Discussion of Encyclopedic Reference Works -- 1.3. The Similarities and Differences between Dictionaries and Encyclopedias -- 1.3.1. Non-specialist Definitions of 'Dictionary' and 'Encyclopedia' -- 1.3.2. Dictionary and Encyclopedia Tendencies -- 1.4. The Concept of Encyclopedicity -- 1.4.1. Encyclopedic Reference Works -- 1.4.2. Encyclopedic Information -- 1.4.3. Encyclopedic Entries -- 1.4.4. Optional Encyclopedic Information' and 'Compulsory Defining Information' -- 1.4.5. Prototype Theory and Encyclopedic Information -- 1.4.6. Encyclopedic Reference Works and Ideology -- 1.5. The Encyclopedic Tradition in Dictionaries -- 1.6. The Concept of the Encyclopedic Dictionary -- 1.6.1. The Hybrid Status of the Encyclopedic Dictionary in Lexicographical Typology -- 1.6.2. A Contemporary Example of an Encyclopedic Dictionary -- 1.7. The Concept of the Learner's Dictionary -- 1.8. The Concept of the Encyclopedic Learner's Dictionary -- 1.9. LDELC and OALED: Two Examples of Encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries -- 1.10. Envisaged Users and Uses of Encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries -- 1.11. Sources of Encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries -- 1.12. Isolating Encyclopedic Features: The Main Components of Encyclopedic and Non-encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries Compared -- 1.12.1. The Main Components of LDELC and LDOCE2 Compared -- 1.12.2. The Main Components of OALED and OALD4 Compared -- 1.12.3. A Checklist of ELD Design Features -- 1.13. Summary -- Chapter 2: Assessing Encyclopedic Learners' Dictionaries from the User Perspective