The lexicographic macrostructure is not merely the arrangement of lemmata, but a structure that applies to the dictionary as a whole. For descriptive purposes, one distinction between the macrostructure of dictionarie... more abstractThe lexicographic macrostructure is not merely the arrangement of lemmata, but a structure that applies to the dictionary as a whole. For descriptive purposes, one distinction between the macrostructure of dictionaries is simple and complex macrostructures. On the basis of empirical evidence, suggestions are made in respect of the degree of complexity of lexicographic macrostructures and the interrelationship between or among the macrostructural components.

Languages and Linguistics, Lexicology, Applied Linguistics, Lexicography, and Dictionary

Learner lexicography as a research area has attracted increased attention during the past decades, but what is actually the true nature of learner lexicography? This question calls for a complex answer. Learner lexico... more abstractLearner lexicography as a research area has attracted increased attention during the past decades, but what is actually the true nature of learner lexicography? This question calls for a complex answer. Learner lexicography has as its objective to develop principles that help practitioners to produce lexicographic tools that fulfil the needs of specific types of users in specific types of situations in the real world. Furthermore, lexicography has to be measured on the basis of the methods used to achieve the objective. The dictionary should be analysed in terms of three significant features, namely its functions, data and structures, as this strengthens the basis of learner lexicography because it leads to a proper study and understanding of the competences and needs of learners. Finally, the modern theory of dictionary functions encourages theoretical and practical lexicographers to adopt a new way of thinking when planning and compiling learner's dictionaries.

Specialised translation dictionaries for learners are reference tools that can help users with domain discourse in a foreign language in connection with translation. The most common type is the business dictionary cov... more abstractSpecialised translation dictionaries for learners are reference tools that can help users with domain discourse in a foreign language in connection with translation. The most common type is the business dictionary covering several more or less related subject fields. However, business dictionaries treat one or few fields extensively thereby neglecting the discourse of the other fields. Furthermore, recent research shows that specialised translation is not limited to terms but also concerns domain-specific syntactic structures and genre conventions using various translation strategies. To meet the needs of learners, it is proposed that specialised translation dictionaries should be designed as augmented reference tools. It is argued that electronic and printed dictionaries should include sections or CD-ROMs with syntactic, translation etc. data as well as exercises and illustrative documents. The result is that the traditional focus on language system will be extended to usage becaus...

Dictionaries of the future will, to an increasing extent, be regarded as ‘digital assistants’. This development may be explained in terms of economic sectors in modern society: dictionaries are in a transitional phase... more abstractDictionaries of the future will, to an increasing extent, be regarded as ‘digital assistants’. This development may be explained in terms of economic sectors in modern society: dictionaries are in a transitional phase from the manufacturing sector into the service sector in an attempt to keep up with the general move into a knowledge and information society. Dictionaries of tomorrow will be information tools which, through their surface and underlying features, provide help to satisfy specific types of lexicographically relevant need of specific types of potential user in specific types of extra-lexicographic situation. These tools will be designed and developed in line with advances in society, for example communications technology and the general use of digital media, and lexicographers need a platform that allows them to respond satisfactorily to the needs for information and knowledge of actual and potential users. The lexicographic platform will be supported by two pillars: a t...

Online law dictionaries based on traditional linguistic and text linguistic approaches do not fully satisfy the needs for help lawyers, students and professional translators have in specific types of situation. This s... more abstractOnline law dictionaries based on traditional linguistic and text linguistic approaches do not fully satisfy the needs for help lawyers, students and professional translators have in specific types of situation. This state of affairs can be remedied by re−assessing the practical and theoretical foundations of online dictionaries in light of the technical options available for online information tools combined with modern lexicographic principles. The discussion indicates that the legal database is a repository of structured data serving online dictionaries that search for data in databases, retrieve the relevant data, and present them to users in predetermined ways. Lawyers, students and translators can thus access the data through targeted searches relating directly to the problems they need to solve, because search engines are designed according to dictionary functions, i.e. the type of help dictionaries can provide in certain types of situation. The dictionaries have both communic...

Terminology and Linguistics

Publication Date: 2012

Publication Name: Terminology

Terminology and Linguistics

Publication Date: 2014

Publication Name: Terminology

This paper describes some selected aspects of the pre-conceptual work in connection with an Internet-based Danish-English dictionary treating the field of accounting. The emphasis is on text-dependent and text-indepen... more abstractThis paper describes some selected aspects of the pre-conceptual work in connection with an Internet-based Danish-English dictionary treating the field of accounting. The emphasis is on text-dependent and text-independent functions related to the intended user group, as this ...

Publisher: asb.dk

Publication Date: 2002

Publication Name: LexicoNordica 9-2002

Literary studies, Hermes, and Historical Studies

Publication Name: Hermes

Literary studies, Hermes, and Historical Studies

Publication Name: Hermes