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1、现代英语词汇学概论最强版复习资料chapter12Chapter12EnglishDictionariesandHowtoUseThemn12.1IntroductoryRemarksn12.2TypesofDictionariesn12.3TheChoiceofaDictionaryn12.4HowtoUseaDictionary12.1IntroductoryRemarksA.Lexicologyanddictionaries1.Lexicologyiscloselyrelatedtodictionaries.2.Theprinciplesofmoderndic
2、tionary–makingandthecontentsofeachentryarebasedonthefindingsoflexicology,whilethematerialsprovidedindictionariesarewidelyusedbylexicologistsintheirresearch.B.TrendsofEnglishdictionaries–prescriptiveanddescriptivedictionaries12.2TypesofDictionariesA.LinguisticandEncyclopedicDictionaries
3、wLinguisticdictionaries1.Linguisticdictionariesaimatdefiningwordsandexplainingtheirusagesinthelanguage.2.Theyusuallycoversuchareasasspelling,pronunciation,meaning,grammaticalfunction,usageandetymology,etc.3.Thesedictionariescanbemonolingualandbilingual.wEncyclopedicdictionaries1.Encycl
4、opedicdictionariescanbefurtherdividedintoencyclopediaandencyclopedicdictionaries.2.Anencyclopediaisnotconcernedwithlanguagebutprovidesencyclopedicinformationconcerningeachheadword.3.Thereadercannotfindpronunciationormeaningsorusagesofwords.4.Encyclopedicdictionarieshavethecharacteristi
5、csofbothlinguisticdictionariesandencyclopedia.eg.TheEncyclopediaBritannica(20volumes)《大英百科全书》(20卷)TheEncyclopediaAmericana(30volumes)《美国百科全书》(30卷)Chamber‘sEncyclopedicEnglishDictionary(1994;200,000words)《钱伯斯百科词典》B.GeneralandspecialdictionarieswGeneraldictionaries1.Agenericdictionaryiso
6、newhichattemptstocoverthewholelexiconofthelanguage.2.Generaldictionariesmainlyprovidelinguisticinformationofwords3.Dictionariescompiledforgeneraluse—tolookforspelling,meaning,pronunciation,usage,etc.3现代英语词汇学概论最强版复习资料chapter12wSpecialdictionaries1.Aspecialdictionarydealswithonesectoroft
7、helexicon.2.Specialdictionariesusuallyprovidethemeaningsandcontents3.SuchspecialdictionariesmeetthemultifariousneedsofpeoplewholearnorusetheEnglishlanguage,suchasdictionariesofsynonymsandantonyms,idioms,slang,dialect,pronunciation,usage,collections,etymology,proverbs,quotation,acrony