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.
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