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Example 10: An equivalent register in Passport 
A comprehensive dictionary, such as the WAT, has a sophisticated user in 
mind and consequently only a few extra indicators facilitate the search route of 
the user within complex dictionary articles. The structure of articles from a 
standard Afrikaans dictionary, HAT, also suggests a user with developed/ 
adequate reference skills. Some typographical and non-typographical markers 
indicate the borders between different data categories. The Cambridge Learner's 
Dictionary uses a sophisticated access structure, designed to help the learner to 
overcome possible obstacles, whether it be because of language level or lack of 
reference skills in the search for specific data. Boundaries between all data 
categories are marked, polysemes are distinguished through guide words and 
illustrations help the user with immediate knowledge transfer. 

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The Access Structure in Learner's Dictionaries 
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6.3 Question 
three 
The third important question related to the topic is whether different levels of 
learners affect the access structure of learner's dictionaries. The following 
graphs will illustrate the possible relationship between the levels of learners 
and the outer and inner access structure. If one groups together the different 
outer access structures, as presented in existing learner's dictionaries, they fall 
into three categories. Firstly there are those structures that are compulsory, 
such as the alphabetical order, the access alphabet, running heads and the 
users' guidelines in the front text. Secondly some dictionaries also have a few 
optional structures in order to enhance access to the macrostructure. These op-
tional structures are thumb indexes, coloured pages and some outer texts. 
Lastly some learner's dictionaries for beginners also add bridge texts (as illus-
trated previously) to assist the beginner in finding the required lemma via the 
mother tongue.