Methods of Lexicographic Definition in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary Methods of Lexicographic Definition in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

Methods of Lexicographic Definition in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

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In this paper, 80 lexicographic definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary are classified and evaluated, the basic question being the following: are similar words defined in similar ways? The words are classified according to part of speech, concreteness and word frequency, and eight different ways to define a word are considered. The study confirms that concreteness and part of speech have a considerable impact on the way a particular word is defined in the ALD.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2003
30 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
32
Pages
PUBLISHER
GRIN Verlag
SIZE
695.3
KB
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