To Define and Inform : an Analysis of Information Provided in Dictionaries Used by Learners of English in China and Denmark.

""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 ho...

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Main Author: Rasmussen, Saihong Li
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=553581
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Summary:""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 an ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (359 pages)
ISBN:9781443822503
1443822507
9781443822336