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To Define and Inform: An Analysis of Information Provided in Dictionaries Used by Learners of English in China and Denmark Unabridged edition [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 395 pages, kõrgus x laius: 212x148 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2011
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1443822337
  • ISBN-13: 9781443822336
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To Define and Inform: An Analysis of Information Provided in Dictionaries Used by Learners of English in China and Denmark Unabridged editionSuurem pilt
  • Formaat: Hardback, 395 pages, kõrgus x laius: 212x148 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2011
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1443822337
  • ISBN-13: 9781443822336
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'To Inform and Define: An Analysis of Information Provided in Dictionaries Used by Learners of English in China and Denmark' presents a masterly synthesis of lexicographical theory in relation to bilingual and learner's dictionaries and advances a radical argument about how such dictionaries are used and how they should be improved for the convenience of students. By tracing the history of the terms 'semantic' and 'pragmatic' in linguistics and philosophy, Saihong Li shows the weakness of any conceptual distinction between them. She goes on to demonstrate how inappropriate these terms are for thinking about the ways in which words are defined and explained in dictionaries. The theoretical argument is supported by detailed and comparative empirical research: learners of English as a second language in both China and Denmark were interviewed about their experiences as users of standard learner's dictionaries. The results are presented in tabular form and their interpretation is statistically informed. This is a path-breaking study. Saihong Li makes an important contribution to lexicographical theory, and advances a sophisticated methodology for the comparative study of English-language leaning on an international scale and in the global marketplace of learner's dictionaries. Her work will be of great value for language teachers, lexicographers, and students of interpretation, translation and language pedagogies. 'To Inform and Define' should also attract serious attention from editors and publishers of learner's dictionaries.
Preface viii
Acknowledgements ix
Abbreviations xi
Lists of Tables
xii
Lists of Figures
xiv
Introduction 1(9)
Part One
Chapter One Dictionaries and Definitions
10(29)
1.1 Bilingual Dictionaries: Problems
1.2 Receptive and Productive Uses in Dictionaries
1.3 Lexicography, Linguistics and Computer Technology
1.4 `Semantic' and `Pragmatic' Information of Learner's Dictionaries
1.5 The Need for Research into lexical definitions for Chinese and Danish Learners of English
Chapter Two Pedagogical Considerations
39(33)
2.1 Pragmatics and Pedagogical Lexicography
2.2 Research in Pedagogical Lexicography
2.3 The User's Perspective in Pedagogical Lexicography Research
2.4 Discussion
Chapter Three Methodological Considerations
72(36)
3.1 Methods of Data Collecting
3.2 Pilot Study One
3.3 Pilot Study Two
3.4 The Structure and Contents of the Main Study
3.5 Pilot Study Three
3.6 Discussion
Part Two
Chapter Four A Perspective on Users and Their Needs
108(33)
4.1 Statistical Tests: Parametric or Non-parametric
4.2 Statistic Test of Online Survey and Printed Paper Survey
4.3 Discussion of General Questions
4.4 Proficiency Tests and the Use of Dictionaries
4.5 Correlations of English-Chinese Dictionaries and English-Danish Dictionaries
4.6 User's Evaluations: A Comparison
4.7 Analysis and Discussion
Chapter Five A Perspective on Bilingual English-Chinese Dictionaries
141(57)
5.1 Bilingual Lexicography in China
5.2 "Pragmatic Information" in Bilingual English-Chinese Dictionaries
5.3 Feasibility of "Pragmatic Information" in a Bilingual Learner's Dictionary
5.4 Discussion and Suggestions
Chapter Six On Bilingual English-Danish Dictionaries
198(32)
6.1 Bilingual Lexicography in Denmark
6.2 English-Danish Bilingual Dictionaries
6.3 Pragmatic Information in Bilingual English-Danish Dictionaries
6.4 Pragmatic information from the User's Perspective
6.5 Discussion and Suggestions
Chapter Seven Major Findings and Implications
230(19)
7.1 Analysis of Users
7.2 Information in Dictionaries Used by Learners of English
7.3 Implications of this Research
7.4 Limitations of this Research
7.5 Recommendations for Future Work
Bibliography
A Dictionaries
B References
249(18)
Appendix 1 Evaluation Test and Questionnaires of Dictionary Use and Features 267(12)
Appendix 2 Selected Words and Phrases in the Survey 279(3)
Appendix 3 Pilot Study Two 282(3)
Appendix 4 The Sample Words/Phrases in MECD and MFECD 285(8)
Appendix 5 The Sample Words/Phrases in OALD and LDOCE 293(8)
Appendix 6 The Sample Words/Phrases in Politiken and Gyldendal 301
Saihong Li was born in 1972, in Tieling, north-eastern China. She studied English for the BA at Liaoning Normal University; her MA in Applied Linguistics is from Dalian Maritime University. She was a lecturer at both of these universities, in English and Linguistics, and in 2001 was a visiting researcher at Beijing Foreign Studies University. In 2002 Saihong was awarded a scholarship to pursue further research in translation studies, lexicography and language pedagogies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Since then she has been a teacher of Chinese and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen, the University of Southern Denmark and the Copenhagen Business School. In 2006 she was awarded a stipend for doctoral research and in 2009 wasawarded the PhD by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her dissertation on lexicography and language learning forms the substance of the present publication. In 2010 Saihong moved to the UK to take up a position as Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Chinese at the University of Salford. Her experiences have straddled diverse cultures, languages and disciplines; her theoretical reflections are informed by many perspectives, all of which contribute to her practice as a teacher.