Prepositional entries in English-Polish dictionaries
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2008
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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The present paper examines the microstructure of entries devoted to prepositions in bilingual
English-Polish dictionaries. Given the problems inherent in the lexicographic treatment of function
words, it seems worthwhile to ask:
– what are the strategies employed in cases of lack of interlingual equivalence?
– what is the preferred type of sense-structure (i.e. source-language based, target-language
based or mixed)?
– does the entry highlight links between related senses?
– how much phraseology is deemed necessary to present the properties of the preposition in
question?
– how does the choice of entry organisation affect its usefulness and user-friendliness?
– what possible improvements could be introduced?
Answers to the above questions are believed to have implications for lexicography in general, not
merely bilingual lexicography in the English-Polish context.
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 44 (2008), pp. 339-372