Bilingual thematic dictionaries / Martin Stark.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-403) and index.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Nature and Development of the Bilingual Thematic Dictionary as a Hybrid Lexicographic Genre -- 3. Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries -- 4. Approaches to Evaluating the Usefulness of Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries -- 5. The Compilation of Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries: Choices and Recommendations -- 6. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1) A Checklist of Monolingual Learner's Dictionary Features and Choices -- Appendix 2) A Checklist of Thematic Dictionary Features and Choices -- Appendix 3) A Checklist of Existing BTD Features and Choices -- Appendix 4) A Sample of the EFL Questionnaire Version A (for French Learners of English) -- Appendix 5) Location Guessing Experiment: List of BTD Categories -- Appendix 6) Location Guessing Experiment: List of 10 Words -- Appendix 7) Search Report Experiment: Answer/Search Report Sheet -- Appendix 8) A Cumulative Checklist of Actual and Potential BTD Features and Choices -- Appendix 9) Location Guessing Experiment: Guessed Locations for Each Word -- Appendix 10) Location Guessing Experiment: No. of Correct Guesses for each Word -- Appendix 11) Location Guessing Experiment: Correct Answers and Participants' Answers -- Abstract -- Index.

This book has three practical goals: to identify the characteristic features of the bilingual thematic dictionary (BTD), to gauge its usefulness, and to make suggestions as to how it could be improved. These aims are achieved by considering the lexicographic genres (bilingual, thematic, and pedagogical) which have been combined to create this hybrid reference work, carrying out textual analyses of contemporary thematic dictionaries, and employing three pieces of user research (a questionnaire, a test, and an experiment) to reveal learners' opinions and use of BTDs.

In English.

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