Chapter-9-English-Dictionary-英语词汇学-教学课件.ppt

Chapter Nine English Dictionary Introduction Dictionary for English-speaking people is a book which presents in alphabetical order the words of English, with information as to their spelling, pronunciation , meaning usage, rules of grammar, and in some, their etymology.It is closely related to lexicology, which deals with the same problems: the form, meaning, usage and origins of vocabulary units. different types of English dictionaries, their contents and characteristics and use of dictionaries. Types of Dictionaries Monolingual DictionariesBilingual DictionariesLinguistic Dictionaries Encyclopedic DictionariesUnabridged Dictionaries Desk DictionariesPocket DictionariesSpecialized Dictionaries Monolingual dictionaries Monolingual dictionaries are written in one language. That is the headword or entries are defined and illustrated in the same language. The monolingual dictionary is rather a late development because the earliest dictionaries were all bilingual. The target population of monolingual dictionaries are general native speakers or second language and foreign learners who have reached the intermediate and advanced stages. LDCE and CCELD published in Britain are both monolingual dictionaries. Bilingual dictionaries Bilingual dictionaries involve two languages. The main entries are generally defined or explained in the same language with translations as Oxford Advanced learner’s Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translation, Or rather the headwords are defined in another language or given their foreign equivalents. A good example is A New English-Chinese Dictionary and the like. Another kind of bilingual dictionary is A Chinese-English Dictionary (1995), in which the Chinese words and expressions are translated into English. Linguistic dictionaries Linguistic dictionaries aim at defining words and explaining their usages in the language. They usually cover such areas as spelling, pronunciation , meaning, grammatical function, usage and etymology ,