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Chapter 10 English Dictionaries Four types of dictionaries and their features Use of dictionaries Three good dictionaries 10.1 Four types of dictionaries and their features 1) monolingual and bilingual dictionaries 2) linguistic and encyclopedic dictionaries 3) unabridged, desk and pocket dictionaries 4) specialized dictionaries Differentiate those different types of dictionaries: 10.1.1 monolingual vs. bilingual dictionaries written in one language involves two languages 2types LDCE CCELD with ….translation A New English-Chinese Dictionary 10.1.2 linguistic vs. encyclopedic dictionaries aims at defining words and encyclopedia: only encyclopedic information explaining their usages encyclopedic dictionaries: both general information in linguistic dictionary and limited encyclopedic information Chamber’s Encyclopedic English Dictionary 10.1.3 unabridged vs. desk vs. pocket dictionaries unshortened medium-sized portable 200,000 headwords 50,000-150,000 headwords 50,000 complete description of words only spelling and pronunciation with few common meanings few or no examples Webster’s Third New International The Concise Oxford Dictionary,9th Edition Dictionary Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary The World Book Dictionary Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Collins COBULD English Language Dictionary Webster’s New World Dictionary Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate