TY - BOOK AU - Ahmad,Khurshid AU - Atkins,B.T.Sue AU - Atkins,Β.T.Sue AU - Atkins,Β.Τ.Sue AU - Bogaards,Paul AU - Hulstijn,Jan H. AU - Mackintosh,Kristen AU - Nesi,Hilary AU - Rogers,Margaret AU - Varantola,Krista AU - Varatitela,Krista TI - Using Dictionaries: Studies of Dictionary Use by Language Learners and Translators T2 - Lexicographica. Series Maior : Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie , SN - 9783484309883 AV - P327 .U78 1998 U1 - 413 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Tübingen : PB - Max Niemeyer Verlag, KW - Encyclopedias and dictionaries KW - Use studies KW - Benutzer KW - Wörterbuch KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; Empirical research on dictionary use in foreign-language learning: survey and discussion --; Language Learners Using dictionaries: The Final Report on the EURALEX / AILA Research Project on Dictionary Use --; Monitoring Dictionaiy Use --; An Empirical Study of Dictionary Use in L2-L1 Translation --; What type of words do language learners look up? --; Defining a Shoehorn: the Success of Learners' Dictionary Entries for Concrete Nouns --; Translators and their Use of Dictionaries: User Needs and User Habits --; The Translator and The Dictionaiy: Beyond Words? --; Résumés --; Zusammenfassungen --; Notes on Contributors; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This volume draws together highly detailed studies of how dictionaries are used by different types of users, from school students to senior professors, working with a foreign language with the help of different types of dictionaries, from monolingual dictionaries for native speakers of the foreign language, through bilingual dictionaries, to monolingual dictionaries in the language of the user. The tasks being carried out include L2--L1 translation, L1--L2 translation, L2 comprehension, self-expression in L2, and various project-specific linguistic exercises. The authors have tried to include enough detail to allow readers to replicate the tests, and adapt them to serve their own interests; This volume draws together highly detailed studies of how dictionaries are used by different types of users, from school students to senior professors, working with a foreign language with the help of different types of dictionaries, from monolingual dictionaries for native speakers of the foreign language, through bilingual dictionaries, to monolingual dictionaries in the language of the user. The tasks being carried out include L2-L1 translation, L1-L2 translation, L2 comprehension, self-expression in L2, and various project-specific linguistic exercises. The authors have tried to include enough detail to allow readers to replicate the tests, and adapt them to serve their own interests UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110929997 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110929997 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110929997/original ER -