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Using Dictionaries : Studies of Dictionary Use by Language Learners and Translators.

Atkins, B. T. Sue.

Using Dictionaries : Studies of Dictionary Use by Language Learners and Translators. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (220 pages) - Lexicographica. Series Maior Series ; v.88 . - Lexicographica. Series Maior Series .

Intro -- Introduction -- Empirical Research on Dictionary Use in Foreign-Language Learning: Survey and Discussion -- Language Learners Using Dictionaries: The Final Report on the EURALEX / AILA Research Project on Dictionary Use -- Monitoring Dictionary Use -- An Empirical Study of Dictionary Use in L2-L1 Translation -- What Type of Words do Language Learners Look Up? -- Defining a Shoehorn: The Success of Learners' Dictionary Entries for Concrete Nouns -- Translators and their Use of Dictionaries -- The Translator and the Dictionary: Beyond Words? -- Résumés -- Zusammenfassungen -- Notes on Contributors.

The series features monographs and edited volumes on the topics of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Works from the broader domain of lexicology are also included if they strengthen the theoretical, methodological and empirical basis of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Thevolumes focus on aspects of lexicography such as micro- and macrostructure, typology, history of the discipline, and application-oriented lexicographical documentation.

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Encyclopedias and dictionaries-Use studies.


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