The Access Structure in Learner's Dictionaries
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1.
Choose the correct dictionary according to the problem.
2.
Identify the
problem area, word or phrase.
3.
Determine the most likely place in the dictionary where the word,
phrase is treated.
4.
Guess which form of the word is listed as lemma.
5.
Guess where the word is placed in the alphabetical order of the diction-
ary. Here capital letters, geographical words, abbreviations etc. play a
role.
6.
Find the word in its place as entry or subentry.
7.
Interpret the information given in the entry.
Tono (1992: 238) gives a schematic illustration of the consultation procedure:
It is evident from both examples that the consultation activities consist of two
stages, which correlate directly with the two main structures
of the dictionary,
namely the macro- and microstructure. By implementing elements of the outer
Find appropriate headword
Look at first definition
Does the meaning
fit in the context?
Go to the next
definition
Is the user heavily meaning-dependent?
Choose
this definition
Some users give it
up here because of
too long illustrative
examples under first
definition
Is negative infor-
mation provided?
Choose this definition
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
Note:
If the users are more skilled,
they may not look at sub-entries
one at a time. They would rather
scan the whole entry
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access structure, the user can find information in the macrostructure, while the
inner access structure leads the user to specific information in the microstruc-
ture. The first part of the dictionary consultation procedure
where the user fol-
lows the outer search path to the desired lemma will now be considered.
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