| Abstract: |
According to the most recent lexicographic research, there are three basic types of user situation: the cognitive, the communicative, and the operational user situation (Tarp 2008 [: The Third Leg of Two-legged Lexicography. In: Hermes 40: 117-131]) The development of the Internet has contributed to enhancing the lexicographical value of these three user situations as the Internet provides quick and easy access to data from which the potential users may retrieve the information needed in specific situations. For example, thousands of "in-house" on-line glossaries or terminological dictionaries are found in the Internet aiming at meeting the needs of workers and / or customers of a particular institution. In many occasions, these are compiled in defiance of lexicographical traditions and practices. The present chapter intends to, firstly, give an overview of the way on-line terminological dictionaries agree with the theoretical frameworks, and secondly, adds specific proposals with the aim of developing a pedagogical specialised lexicographical theory that pays attention to "potential users", "user situations", "user needs", and "dictionary assistance" (Tarp 2008 [: Lexicography in the Borderland between Knowledge and Non-Knowledge. General Lexicographical Theory with particular Focus on Learner's Lexicography. Niemeyer: Tübingen]). |