| Titel: |
Online dictionaries of English slang |
| Personen: | Coleman, Julie |
| Jahr: |
2011 |
| Typ: |
Aufsatz |
| Verlag: |
John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Ortsangabe: |
Amsterdam/Philadelphia |
| In: |
Timofeeva, Olga/Säily, Tanja (Hgg.): Words in Dictionaries and History. Essays in honour of R. W. McConchie |
| Seiten: |
109-128 |
| Untersuchte Sprachen: |
Englisch*English |
| Schlagwörter: |
Bedeutungserläuterung/Definition*paraphrase/definition
Fachlexikografie*specialised lexicography/LSP lexicography
Internet-Lexikografie/Online-Lexikografie*internet lexicography/online lexicography
Wörterbuchkritik*dictionary criticism
Zugriffsstruktur*access structure
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| Abstract: |
This paper presents a range of online dictionaries of English slang, and considers their search facilities, coverage and reliability, as well as practical factors involved in setting up and maintaining these resources. A selection of slang terms from Britain and the United States is used to explore gaps and trends in the dictionaries' contents. The paper concludes by arguing that the best user-edited dictionaries have high editorial aspirations, and that even the worst can make a useful contribution to our knowledge of contemporary slang, which changes so quickly that a paper dictionary cannot possibly keep pace. Urban Dictionary undoubtedly has the most extensive coverage, but other sites challenge it in a number of respects. |