My View to the Typology of English Dictionaries
刘子辉
From the lecture which was given by Prof. Men, I realized that there were various types for English dictionaries. One reason is that lexicology has developed gradually with a great many dictionaries compiled simultaneously, the other reason is that lexicographers have paid more attention to the typology and have considered as a crucial important part for compiling dictionaries. In a traditional way, lexicographers usually focus on the content, or form of the dictionaries, that is to say, they are aware of the inner structure of dictionaries, as well as they only care about their own ones without making a comparison among different dictionaries together, irrespective of the outer structure, which means they ldom classify dictionaries from macroscopical angle. In another words, lexicographers don’t take the type of dictionaries into consideration. Nowadays, with the development of lexicography, there appear many dictionaries in the book market; learners have to choo one according to their own opinions or recommendation. I think their rights to buy a dictiona
ry are rather random. Therefore, at this moment, typology of English dictionaries should be considered as an important one not only for the readership but also for the lexicographers.
There are three advantages of typology. First, it makes readers’ minds clear to choo a proper dictionary for themlves. Second, it makes compilers know the trend of development of dictionaries, so as to compile the more practical dictionaries for the readers. Third, it can benefit librarians to collect the different types of dictionaries within limited time and improve efficiency of their work.
In my point of view, I classify the dictionary according to the needs of reader. I still consider that the readers’ respon can reflect whether this dictionary is good or bad. Therefore, in order to compile a satisfying dictionary, lexicologists should put the position of the readers into the top rank and be aware of their needs as well as avoid any other elements. With regard to readers’ needs, there are eight types of English dictionaries. combating
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1) Learning to write articles in English (most of dictionaries belong to monolingual ones.):
《朗文高阶英语词典》英语版；《朗文当代英语辞典》；《新牛津英语词典》；《牛津简明英语词典》；《柯林斯 英语词典》；《柯林斯 英语学习词典》；《新世纪学生英语词典》；《麦克米伦 高阶美语词典》；《麦克米伦 高阶英语词典》；《张道真 高级英语词典》；《韦氏美语学习词典》；《剑桥美国英语词典》；《剑桥国际英语词典》；《钱伯斯 基础英语词典》；《柯林斯 高阶英语学习词典》
内定是什么意思2) Learning to translate (most of dictionaries belong to bilingualized or bilingual ones.): 《朗文高阶英汉汉英双解词典》；《朗文英汉双解词典》；《新牛津英汉双解大词典》；《DK 牛津英汉双解大词典》；《英汉大词典》；《柯林斯 英汉双解词典》；《新时代汉英词典》；《新世纪汉英大词典》；《高级英汉词典》；《基础英汉词典》；《现代汉英词典》；《汉英词典》；《柯林斯 英汉汉英词典》；《柯林斯 英汉双解学习词典》；《柯林斯 高阶英汉双解词典》；《牛津实用英汉双解词典》；《牛津袖珍英汉双解词典》；《剑桥中阶英汉双解词典》；《美国传统英汉双解学习词典》；《大英汉词典》；《当代美国英语学习词典》；《英汉双解剑桥国际英语词典》
3) Learning to know the history of the word (most of dictionaries belong to diachronic ones): 《牛津英语大词典》
4) Learning the oral English: 《英语会话词典》考研视频
护照翻译5) 西北大学自考Looking up the special words or terms ud in the certain subjects: 《朗文医学大辞典》；《朗文语言教学与应用语言学词典》；《牛津简明科学百科全书》；《英汉军事大词典》；《新世纪英汉国际经贸词典》；《科技英语词语用法词典》；《认知科学百科全书》；《综合英汉科技大词典》；《外国地名译名手册》；《英汉材料词汇》；《翻译词典/汉英分类》；《英汉电工电子技术词典》；《数据通信与网络技术英文缩略词典》；《英汉美英报刊词典》；《英汉经济贸易词典》；《英汉汉英艺术词典》；《英汉 汉英化学化工词汇》；《经贸汉英词汇速查手册》；《新英汉电信科技词典》；《实用汉英百科分类词库》；《英汉双向医学词典》；《汉英医学词典》；《英汉医学词典》；《汉英国际贸易和金融词典》；《英汉科技大辞典》；《英汉双向计算机词典》；《英汉机电产品与仪器仪表词汇》；《汉英中医药分类词典》；《汉英生物学词汇》；《汉英化学化工词汇》
6) olansLooking up neologism: 《20世纪新词语词典》；《当代英语新词语词典》；《汉英汉语新词新义词典》
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7) Learning to pronounce: 《英语发音词典》
8) Learning to grasp the knowledge of English grammar: 《朗文英语联想活用词典》；《朗文英汉双解活用词典》；《牛津英语搭配词典》；《新世纪英语用法精粹词典》；《新世纪英汉多功能词典》；《柯林斯 高级英语用法词典》；《剑桥国际英语短语动词词典》；《新世纪英语用法大词典》；《现代英语惯用法词典》；《英汉多功能联想词典》；《牛津英语搭配词典》；《牛津当代英语成语词典》；《牛津英语习语词典》；《新世纪英语用法大词典》；《英语搭配大辞典》；《汉英英汉习语大全》
9) The way of learning English words (e.g. electronic dictionaries , online dictionaries, illustrated dictionaries ): 《DK 牛津英语图解大词典》
姐姐妹妹站起来英文 The typology of English dictionaries mentioned above is classified according to the readers’ needs. I want to highlight their roles in order to help the lexicographers find the proper way to compile a practical dictionary for the learners. As we know that there are many typologies of dictionaries, but many of them are overlapping with each other. Therefore, I try my best to solve the problem as possible as I can, although there must be
still some demerits of this typology.
