| Titel: |
The long and the short of it: a brief study of the coverage and retrieval processes of shortened forms in English online monolingual learner's dictionaries from an EFL-user perspective |
| Personen: | Pike, Kevin |
| Jahr: |
2019 |
| Typ: |
Aufsatz |
| Periodikum: |
Lexicographica. Internationales Jahrbuch für Lexikographie. International annual for lexicography. Revue internationale de lexicographie
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| Seiten: |
249-277 |
| Band: |
34 |
| Untersuchte Sprachen: |
Englisch*English |
| Schlagwörter: |
Benutzer/Nutzer*user
Benutzungsforschung*usage research
einsprachige Lexikografie*monolingual lexicography
Internet-Lexikografie/Online-Lexikografie*internet lexicography/online lexicography
Lernerlexikografie*learner's lexicography
Mikrostruktur*microstructure
Wörterbuchkritik*dictionary criticism
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| Abstract: |
The increasing usage of shortened forms in everyday spoken and written English can prove to be a substantial challenge for EFL learners at any level, both in terms of decoding and, albeit maybe to a lesser extent, encoding. This article takes a learner-based approach and assesses the needs of the learners, maps their lexicographic search routes via the outer access structure, and at the microstructural level it critically analyses the lexicographical portrayal of selected types of shortened form in three of the online English monolingual learners' dictionaries (OMLD). A number of particular learner's issues thereby arise and proposals for improvements to the outer and inner access structures in order to facilitate usage, to prevent waste in terms of lexicographic information costs and to enhance the acquisition of encyclopaedic knowledge are posited. |