Bilingual thematic dictionaries / Martin Stark.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Stark, M. P. (Martin P.)

Series:

Lexicographica. Series Maior

Lexicographica

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dictionaries, Polyglot.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (500 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is concerned with bilingual thematic dictionaries (BTDs). The three chief aims of the research project are: 1) to identify the characteristic features of the bilingual thematic dictionary, 2) to gauge its usefulness, and 3) to make suggestions as to how it could be improved. Various approaches are adopted in order to reveal the nature of the BTD. The typological approach considers the lexicographic genres (bilingual, thematic, and pedagogical) which have been combined to create this hybrid reference work. Particular attention is paid to the BTD's immediate forerunner and closest lexicographic relative: the monolingual thematic learner's dictionary. Detailed textual analyses of contemporary thematic dictionaries identify the characteristic features of the macrostructure, microstructure, and other components from a structural perspective. In order to evaluate the usefulness of the BTD features identified, the textual analyses are supplemented by three pieces of user research involving a questionnaire (to elicit learners' opinions), a test (on the effectiveness of the access structure), and an experiment (to discover how a learner uses a BTD).

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. The Nature and Development of the Bilingual Thematic Dictionary as a Hybrid Lexicographic Genre

3. Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries

4. Approaches to Evaluating the Usefulness of Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries

5. The Compilation of Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries: Choices and Recommendations

6. Conclusions

Bibliography

Appendix 1) A Checklist of Monolingual Learner's Dictionary Features and Choices

Appendix 2) A Checklist of Thematic Dictionary Features and Choices

Appendix 3) A Checklist of Existing BTD Features and Choices

Appendix 4) A Sample of the EFL Questionnaire Version A (for French Learners of English)

Appendix 5) Location Guessing Experiment: List of BTD Categories

Appendix 6) Location Guessing Experiment: List of 10 Words

Appendix 7) Search Report Experiment: Answer/Search Report Sheet

Appendix 8) A Cumulative Checklist of Actual and Potential BTD Features and Choices

Appendix 9) Location Guessing Experiment: Guessed Locations for Each Word

Appendix 10) Location Guessing Experiment: No. of Correct Guesses for each Word

Appendix 11) Location Guessing Experiment: Correct Answers and Participants' Answers

Abstract

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diss.

ISBN:

1-283-43034-7

9786613430342

3-11-025889-7

OCLC:

768474048