| Titel: |
Korean and English ‘dictionary’ questions: what do the public want to know? |
| Personen: | Nesi, Hilary/Bae, Susanna |
| Jahr: |
2013 |
| Typ: |
Aufsatz |
| Verlag: |
The Asian Association for Lexicography |
| Ortsangabe: |
Kyoto |
| In: |
Kwary, Deny A./Wulan, Nur/Musyahda, Lilla (Hgg.): Lexicography and Dictionaries in the Information Age. Proceedings of the ASIALEX 8th International Conference 2013. Bali, Indonesia, 20 - 22 August 2013 |
| Seiten: |
11-19 |
| Untersuchte Sprachen: |
Englisch*English - Koreanisch*Korean |
| Schlagwörter: |
Benutzer/Nutzer*user
Benutzungsforschung*usage research
Datenbank*data base
zweisprachige bzw. mehrsprachige Lexikografie*bilingual/multilingual lexicography
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| URI: |
https://asialex.org/pdf/Asialex-Proceedings-2013.pdf |
| Zuletzt besucht: |
19.10.2020 |
| Abstract: |
This paper proposes an alternative to questionnaire surveys and other methods of investigating dictionary user expectations, wants and needs: the examination of dictionary-related queries on web forums. Web postings are anonymous and are not associated with any particular institution or dictionary developer, so they tend to reflect the ordinary concerns of users looking for unbiased practical answers. Analysis of a random sample of approximately 500 English-medium Yahoo! queries and 500 Korean-medium Naver queries found a greater tendency to discuss dictionary choice on the Korean site, and more postings about word meanings and origins, and dictionary use for word games, on the UK/Irish site. Many Korean queries concerned dictionaries for English language learning and comparisons between different types of dictionary, while Yahoo! queries were more likely to reject dictionary information as incomplete or incorrect. |