Example 4: Access to outer texts
LDOCE bridges the traditional bias directed at the central word list and em-
ploys an outer text in the front matter to familiarise users with the structure of
the users' guidelines. This secondary text is an attempt to enhance the access to
the compulsory and important text that explains the system of the dictionary. It
forms part of a more sophisticated access structure which is the key to a suc-
cessful lexicographic product.
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1 How to find what you are looking for 1.1
Compound
words
1.2
Phrasal
verbs
1.3
Derived
words
without
definition
1.4
Homographs
1.5 Other types of headwords
1.6 Phrases and idioms
2 Understanding meaning 2,1 Words with more than one meaning
2.2
Definitions
2.3
Examples
2.4
Collocations
2.5 Finding the meaning you want – Signposts
2.6 Long entries with menus
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Words are listed in this dictionary in alphabetical
order
1.1
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Compound words are groups of two or more words
with a fixed form and a special meaning, such as
front man and front line. Most of these are
shown as full headwords (but see section 1.6
Phrases and idioms). They are treated like ordinary
words in the alphabetical order; the space or
hyphen between the two parts is ignored.
front·al frontal sys·tem front-and-center
