Multimodal lexicography: The representation of meaning in electronic dictionaries

dc.contributor.authorLew, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-14T16:02:52Z
dc.date.available2010-10-14T16:02:52Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractOne finding of user studies is that information on meaning tends to be what diction¬ary users want most from their dictionaries. This is consistent with the traditional image of the dictionary as a repository of meanings of words, and this is also borne out in definitions of the item DICTIONARY itself as given in dictionaries. While this popular view has not changed much, the growing role of electronic dictionaries can change the lexicographers' approach to meaning repre¬sentation. Traditionally, paper dictionaries have explained words with words, using either a defi¬nition or an equivalent, and occasionally a line-drawn picture. However, a prominent feature of the electronic medium is its multimodality, and this offers potential for the description of meaning. While it is much easier to include pictorial content, electronic dictionaries can also hold media objects which paper cannot carry, such as audio, animation or video. Publishers are drawn by the attraction of these new options, but are they always functionally useful for the dictionary users? In this article, the existing evidence is examined, and informed guesses are offered where evidence is not yet available.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationLew, Robert. 2010. ‘Multimodal Lexicography: The Representation of Meaning in Electronic Dictionaries.’ Lexikos 20: 290-306.pl_PL
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/611
dc.language.isoenpl_PL
dc.publisherLexikospl_PL
dc.subjectelectronic dictionarypl_PL
dc.subjectmeaningpl_PL
dc.subjectillustrationpl_PL
dc.subjectanimationpl_PL
dc.subjectaudiopl_PL
dc.subjectsound effectspl_PL
dc.subjectvideopl_PL
dc.subjectmultimodalitypl_PL
dc.subjectspecialized lexicographypl_PL
dc.subjectlearner's dictionarypl_PL
dc.titleMultimodal lexicography: The representation of meaning in electronic dictionariespl_PL

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