| Titel: |
What can be, but is not (and why), in Learners' MRDS |
| Personen: | Sobkowiak, Wlodzimierz |
| Jahr: |
2002 |
| Typ: |
Aufsatz |
| Periodikum: |
Teaching English with Technology. A Journal for Teachers of English
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| Seiten: |
6-16 |
| Band: |
2 |
| Heft: |
3 |
| Untersuchte Sprachen: |
Englisch*English - Polnisch*Polish |
| Schlagwörter: |
Benutzer/Nutzer*user
Lernerlexikografie*learner's lexicography
Maschinenlesbarkeit*machine readability
Wörterbuchkritik*dictionary criticism
Zugriffsstruktur*access structure
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| URI: |
https://tewtjournal.webs.com/VOL%202/ISSUE%203/ARTICLE.pdf |
| Zuletzt besucht: |
19.10.2020 |
| Abstract: |
Modern Machine-Readable Dictionaries (MRDs) offer users an unprecedented richness of content and form, and gradually oust traditional paper-based word books out of existence. Despite the breathtaking developments of hard- and software, however, popular MRDs, especially those made for learners of foreign languages, are still deficient in a number of respects. Two of these are dealt with in this paper: (a) width and flexibility of user access to the riches of lexicographic content, and (b) the degree and (artificial) "intelligence" of user modelling and customisation. It is argued that the two deficiencies are not due to any inherent technological obstacles, but rather to the conservatism of dictionary makers and users (both learners and teachers). A few examples of functionalities "which could be, but are not" are provided in a hypothetical case study of EFL student Tom and his MRD. |