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

Lew, R., Doroszewska, J. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

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.

L'inclusion des Particularismes Extra-Hexagonaux dans la Derniere Edition du Grand Robert : Realite ou Mirage de la Francophonie ?

Verreault, C., Galarneau, A. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

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.

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

Walker, C. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

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.

Stephen J. Perrault (ed.). Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.

Hanks, P. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Diana Lea (ed.), Oxford Learner's Thesaurus. A Dictionary of Synonyms

Bogaards, P. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Natascia Ralli, Isabella Stanizzi and Tanja Wissik. Dizionario terminologico dell'istruzione superiore Austria-Italia (Italiano-Tedesco) - Terminologisches Worterbuch zum Hochschulwesen Italien-Osterreich (Deutsch-Italienisch).

Hacken, P. t. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Julie Coleman. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Volume I: 1567-1784. * Julie Coleman. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Volume II: 1785-1858. * Julie Coleman. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Volume III: 1859-1936.

Wild, K. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Pieter Duijff, Frits van der Kuip (eds. in chief), Rienk de Haan, Hindrik Sijens (eds.). Frysk Hanwurdboek.

van der Meer, G. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera and Ascension Arribas-Bano. Pedagogical Specialised Lexicography.

Tarp, S. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Heming Yong & Jing Peng. Chinese Lexicography - A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911.

Palfi, L.-L., Nielsen, B. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Martin East. Dictionary Use in Foreign Language Writing Exams: Impact and Implications.

Lew, R. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Publications Received

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

EURALEX Newsletter

Bogaards, P. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:49:04 PDT

Intersystemic Correspondence Rules and Headwords in Dutch Dialect Lexicography

Rys, K., Van Keymeulen, J. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

The headwords in the three regional dialect dictionaries of the southern Dutch dialect area—the Dictionary of the Flemish Dialects (WVD), the Dictionary of the Brabantic Dialects (WBD) and the Dictionary of the Limburgish Dialects (WLD)—are ‘Dutchified’ forms: that is, headwords are rendered in Standard Dutch orthography and generalize across a number of phonologically distinct dialect forms. This article explains how the Dutchification of headwords was operationalized in the Dictionary of the Flemish Dialects. It is shown that a number of so-called correspondence rules can be found that mediate between dialect and Standard Dutch phonology and which form the basis of Dutchification. Phonological models confirm this lexicographical intuition; the work of Rys (2007) is used to exemplify the correspondence rules with examples from the Maldegem dialect.

Current Lexicography Practice in Bantu with Specific Reference to the Oxford Northern Sotho School Dictionary

Prinsloo, D.J. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

The aim of this article is to provide a perspective on lexicographic traditions, lemmatisation strategies and lemmatisation approaches in Bantu language dictionaries from a South African point of view. It will be argued that Bantu language lexicography reflects a complex interplay of lexicographic traditions and lemmatisation approaches. The focus will be on Sepedi¹ – English dictionaries and on the analysis of the Oxford Northern Sotho School Dictionary, henceforth (ONSD). The ONSD will be evaluated in terms of the presumed best practices in terms of lemmatisation and against the background of the user-perspective.

Australian Aboriginal Words in Dictionaries: A Reaction

Nash, D. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

A recent evaluation of how English dictionaries have treated the etymologies of some words borrowed from Australian languages was based on the author's own etymologies. I have examined one of these, for boomerang, and show that it incorporates inaccuracies and distortions, and that the criticism of J. A. H. Murray's etymology is unfounded. I suggest how the author's methodology may have led him astray.

Australian Aboriginal Words in Dictionaries: Response to Nash

Dixon, R.M.W. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

John C. Wells. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.

Sobkowiak, W. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

Simpson, John (ed.). The First English Dictionary 1604. Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabetical.

Stein, G. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

Heming Yong and Jing Peng. Bilingual Lexicography from a Communicative Perspective.

Ptaszynski, M. O. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

Wlodzimierz Sobkowiak. Phonetics of EFL Dictionary Definitions.

Lew, R. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

Angelika Storrer, Alexander Geyken, Alexander Siebert, Kay-Michael Wurzner (eds). Text Resources and Lexical Knowledge.

Fontenelle, T. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

Publications Received

Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

EURALEX Newsletter

Bogaards, P. — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:32:21 PDT

Forensic Dictionary Analysis: Principles and Practice

Coleman, J., Ogilvie, S. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

Lexicographers often provide an account of their working practices and policies, and reviewers and researchers generally take this on trust. Forensic dictionary analysis uses evidence-based methodologies to interrogate the dictionaries themselves about decision-making processes involved in their compilation. The version of events that this reveals is sometimes quite different from compilers’ accounts. This paper builds on a variety of approaches in historical dictionary research—statistical, textual, contextual, and qualitative—to present forensic dictionary analysis as a technique that allows researchers to examine and understand the complex relationships between editorial policy and lexicographic practice.

The Electronic Dictionary for Writing: A Solution or a Problem?

Chon, Y. V. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

The dictionary plays an important role in helping writers solve lexical problems in the L2 writing process. However, this is only when L2 writers are sufficiently competent to deal with the lexical problems they identify in the dictionary entries themselves. To obtain data on the L2 writers’ process of using dictionaries, 10 Korean university students were asked to think-aloud while writing twice in English on word processors with access to Internet dictionaries. The dictionary was not an instant problem-solver and led writers to identify further dictionary-based lexical problems due to writers’ lack of knowledge of the L2 word(s) offered, or when the L2 word(s) were known but were considered inappropriate or wrong by the writer in some way to convey the intended meaning. To solve these problems, writers used a repertoire of dictionary use strategies which can be explained within the framework of communication strategies that may be employed by L2 learners when they need to compensate for their lack of productive lexical knowledge.

A Valency Dictionary of English

Fillmore, C. J. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

Sylviane Granger and Fanny Meunier (eds.) Phraseology. An Interdisciplinary Perspective.

Hartmann, R. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

B.T. Sue Atkins and Michael Rundell. The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography.

Hartmann, R. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

B. T. Sue Atkins and Michael Rundell. The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography.

Landau, S. I. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

Paul Bogaards. On ne parle pas franglais, La langue francaise face a l'anglais.

Bejoint, H. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

Laurence Urdang. The Last Word - The English Language: Opinions and Prejudices.

Ilson, R. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

Publications Received

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

EURALEX Newsletter

Bogaards, P. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:40 PST

EURALEX * List of members 2008-2009 (January 2009)

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