International Journal of Lexicography - Advance Access

L'Inclusion Des Particularismes Extra-Hexagonaux Dans La Derniere Edition Du Grand Robert : Realite Ou Mirage De La Francophonie ?

Verreault, C., Galarneau, A. — 2009-06-23

Since the 1970s, French dictionaries have opened up to the French-speaking world, notably by including a number of words and usages characteristic of the many non-Metropolitan varieties of French. Tentative at first, this opening up has intensified with each re-edition to the point that today dictionaries compiled in France can give the impression that they reflect the entirety of French as used throughout the francophonie. This is the case, for instance, with the new Grand Robert de la langue française, which was received and presented in this way by reviewers in the Québec media. Using the introductory note of the two editions and the overhaul that the Grand Robert has undergone to date, this article first briefly recalls how the dictionary's interest in non-Metropolitan features came about and developed over time, then examines the conception of the French language that the compilers have come to adopt. On the basis of an analysis of a random sample of the nomenclature, which includes a number of Québecisms, this conception is then compared with the lexicographical practices adopted in the work as a whole. Finally, it shows how, as things stand at present, the opening up of French dictionaries to the French-speaking world can have the perverse effect of producing and maintaining a linguistic mirage.

Electronic Dictionary Entries with Animated Pictures: Lookup Preferences and Word Retention

Lew, R., Doroszewska, J. — 2009-06-16

In a well-known study, Laufer and Hill (2000) used an experimental electronic dictionary to investigate the lookup patterns and preferences of Israeli and Chinese learners of English and their effect on word retention. The present study attempts to replicate and extend Laufer and Hill's experiment with Polish learners of English. Animated images are introduced in an experimental online dictionary, and are tested on lexical items denoting facial expressions and body reflexes. Lookup patterns and lookup strategies are examined with regard to their impact on vocabulary retention. A strong negative effect of viewing animated images on vocabulary retention is found.

The Treatment of Collocation by Learners' Dictionaries, Collocational Dictionaries and Dictionaries of Business English

Walker, C. — 2009-06-04

This paper examines the way in which collocation is treated in three different types of dictionary designed for learners of English. It starts by outlining the findings from a corpus-based study of the collocational behaviour of groups of semantically-related nouns (e.g. issue, aspect and factor) and verbs (e.g. run, head and manage) from the domain of business English (a total of eighteen items). The entries in three learners’ dictionaries, three collocational dictionaries and two dictionaries of business English for each of the eighteen items were examined and their content compared with the findings from the corpus-based study. The paper presents the results of this examination and discusses the differences between the content of the dictionary entries and the findings from the corpus-based study. The paper concludes by emphasising the need for a more consistent approach to collocation and by making specific recommendations concerning the type of collocations to be included in an entry and the way in which the collocations should be presented.

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Hanks, P. — 2009-05-26

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Adamska-Salaciak, A. — 2009-05-25

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