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Fixed Phrases in Monolingual Learners’ Dictionaries
1992Learning a second language involves familiarising oneself with at least part of its vocabulary and learning to apply the rules of its grammar. This means that a great many lexical elements have to be learnt by heart: the L2 student has to get acquainted with words and fixed phrases.
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In praise of monolingual English Dictionaries
2012The present article briefly reviews milestones in the development of monolingual dictionaries, pointing out the turning point brought about by the advent of corpora, and delves into certain features of contemporary dictionaries, such as dictionaries of collocations for learners which can help unlock the mysteries of English as a language.
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On Monolingual Dictionaries and Child Language Development
2012Amfani (2008) ignites a very interesting child language development debate. He argues that "… colonial interference in the natural affairs of Africans has been the major factor responsible for the type of communication disorder he refers to as 'lexical starvation' experienced by the modern African child with respect to the acquisition of the ...
Yuka, LC, Okolocha, HO
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Monolingual accounting dictionaries for EFL text production
2006Monolingual accounting dictionaries are important for producing financial reporting texts in English in an international setting, because of the lack of specialised bilingual dictionaries. As the intended user groups have different factual and linguistic competences, they require specific types of information.
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Issin, Monolingual Dictionary (Kabyle/Kabyle)
2010Issin is a monolingual Kabyle dictionary that defines and explains Kabyle words in Kabyle itself. This lexicographic work contributes to the documentation, standardization, and preservation of the Kabyle language (Tamazight). It provides definitions, examples of use, and linguistic information intended for speakers, researchers, and anyone interested ...
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The Impact of Online Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries on Vocabulary Learning
SLIIT Journal of Humanities and Sciences, 2022exaly