Advantages of Corpora in Lexicography - Review of OALD (6th edition)

Citation

Yang X & Li S (2003) Advantages of Corpora in Lexicography - Review of OALD (6th edition) [语料库在词典编撰中的优势——兼评《牛津高阶英语学习词典》(第6版)]. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 4, pp. 45-51. http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-WYWJ200304011.htm

Abstract
语料库在词典编纂中具有强大的优势。本文对比分析了利用语料 库编纂的《牛津高阶英语学习词典》第 5、6版以及《朗文当代英语词典》第 3版在收词、词条、释义、例证、语法和语用等编排体例以及用法注释等方面的优缺点 ,揭示出"全、新、准"乃当代词典编纂的发展趋势 ,并讨论了该类词典在我国词典编纂工作中的可借鉴性。 It turns out that Corpora have great advantages in lexicography. This paper makes a comparative study on the merits and demerits in the compiling systems of the three corpus-based dictionaries: the 5th 6th editions of OALD and LCED(3rd edition) and points out that the trend for contemporary lexicography is to be exhaustive, new and accurate. It also discusses what we can learn from these corpus-based dictionaries in our country's lexicography.

Keywords
corpus; dictionary; Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Journal
Foreign Languages and Their Teaching: Volume 4

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Dr Saihong Li

Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, French