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A Functional Approach to Compiling a Specialized English–Slovene Dictionary of Green Energy Terms

ELOPE, 2013
The functional approach to lexicography argues that dictionaries must provide their users with concrete types of information, presented in a manner that suits their needs.
Laura Mrhar
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Lexicography for the third millennium: Cognitive-oriented specialised dictionaries for learners [PDF]

Ibérica, 2011
Emphasis on the functional approach to lexicography, for example the so-called Function Theory of Lexicography proposed by Bergenholtz and Tarp (2002, 2003 & 2004; see Tarp 2008 for a review), has promoted the vision that lexicography is at a crossroads ...
Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera, Sven Tarp
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Issues in the Planning and Design of a Bilingual (English–Northern Sotho) Explanatory Dictionary for Industrial Electronics

Lexikos, 2011
<p>Abstract: The focus of this article is the planning and design of a bilingual, explanatory dictionary for industrial electronics with a clearly delimited and very specific target user in mind.
Elsabé Taljard, Rachélle Gauton, Liam A. Gauton   +2 more
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Affirming a Role for Specialised Dictionaries in Indigenous African Languages

Lexikos, 2011
<p>ABSTRACT: One of the main problems facing speakers and language practitioners of indigenous African languages is the shortage of appropriate dictionaries for a variety of purposes.
Dion Nkomo
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Contrastive terminography

Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives, 2017
Contrastive terminography Contrastive methods have long been employed in lexicography, in particular in bi- and multilingual dictionary projects. The main rationale for this is the necessity to comprehensively study, i.e.
Marek Wojciech Łukasik
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Diachronic Study of Lexis of the East Slavic Languages: the Problem of Allocation and Description of Lexical-Semantic Paradigms

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2017
The article is devoted to the diachronic description of genetically close vocabulary of the East Slavic languages on the basis of the study of its origin and semantics in the context of the urgent problems of historical derivatology, lexicology and ...
Nataliya V. Pyataeva
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The pedagogical dimension of the well-conceived specialised dictionary [PDF]

Ibérica, 2005
In the course of the past 30 years it has been acknowledged that research on pedagogical lexicography has to address three main issues: (i) development of new formats to cover both communicative and non-communicative situations; (ii) the layout of the ...
Sven Tarp
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Examination and critique of bilingual dictionaries in linguistics [PDF]

زبان پژوهی
Introduction The dynamic and ever-evolving field of linguistics, with its continuous expansion of specialized terminology, necessitates the development of accurate and comprehensive bilingual dictionaries. These dictionaries serve as indispensable tools
Ebrahim Badakhshan
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Not Mere Lexicographic Cosmetics: The Compilation and Structural Features of Isichazamazwi SezoMculo

Lexikos, 2011
: This article offers a brief overview of the compilation of the Ndebele music terms dictionary, Isichazamazwi SezoMculo (henceforth the ISM), paying particular attention to its structural features. It empha-sises that the reference needs of the users as
Nobuhle Moyo, Dion Nkomo
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Towards a Typology of Definitions for LSP Dictionaries

Journal of English Studies, 2011
Definitions are the pivotal parts of dictionaries. Every lexicographer always strives to write definitions which are not only accurate but also comprehensible to dictionary users.
Deny Arnos Kwary
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