Methods of Lexicographic Definition in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

By Markus Widmer

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1 (A), University of Zurich (English Seminar), course: Lexicography, language: English, abstract: In this paper, 80 lexicographic definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary are classified and evaluated, the basic question being the following: are similar words defined in similar ways? The words are classified according to part of speech, concreteness and word frequency, and eight different ways to define a word are considered. The study confirms that concreteness and part of speech have a considerable impact on the way a particular word is defined in the ALD.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3638643611
• ISBN13: 9783638643610
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"