E-Lexicography: The Internet, Digital Initiatives and Lexicography

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Covers the state-of-the-art in e-lexicography, looking at current topics, themes, issues and research in an increasingly important field. This book looks at current research and future directions in e-lexicography. Online dictionaries and reference tools are increasingly prevalent in a digitized and internet-led era in language study that has embraced computational linguistics. This book responds with theoretical and practical analysis of key topics, from a global range of contributors. Since COBUILD in the 1980s, lexicographers have found it essential to engage with and utilize electronic computational tools. Internet dictionaries, online reference tools and even search engine optimization demand a knowledge of electronic lexicography and force a reassessment of the field. This volume looks at, amongst other topics: polyfunctional versus monofunctional dictionary tools; developing theories of lexicography for electronic mediums; distinguishing between the database and the dictionary; and, online dictionaries not as data repositories but as sophisticated search engines. This volume will appeal to scholars in lexicography and to practicing lexicographers. Cover Contents Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Construction of Internet Dictionaries 1 Learning, Unlearning and Innovation in the Planning of Electronic Dictionaries 2 Access to and Presentation of Needs-Adapted Data in Monofunctional Internet Dictionaries 3 Lexicographical and Other e-Tools for Consultation Purposes: Towards the Individualization of Needs Satisfaction 4 Filtering and Adapting Data and Information in an Online Environment in Response to User Needs 5 A Multi-Layer Architecture for ‘Pluri-Monofunctional’ Dictionaries 6 Change of Paradigm: From Linguistics to Information Science and from Dictionaries to Lexicographic Information Tools 7 From Data to Dictionary 8 Internet Dictionaries for Communicative and Cognitive Functions: El Diccionario Inglés–Español de Contabilidad 9 A Dictionary Is a Tool, a Good Dictionary Is a Monofunctional Tool 10 The Technical Realization of Three Monofunctional Phrasal Verb Dictionaries 11 Online Dictionaries of English 12 e-Dictionaries in the Information Age: The Lexical Constellation Model (LCM) and the Defi nitional Construct 13 Modelling Interactive Reading, Translating and Writing Assistants 14 Electronic Dictionaries as Tools: Toward an Assessment of Usability 15 Conclusions: Ten Key Issues in e-Lexicography for the Future References Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z