TY - JOUR
T1 - Systematising corpus-based defi nitions in second language lexicography
AU - Renau, Irene
AU - Alonso Campo, Araceli
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This study explores the application of a semantic analysis methodology to the creation of defi nitions of learners' dictionaries. Defi ning words is a delicate art, traditionally left to the general writing skills of the lexicographer, introspection, or even intuition. In the past decades, many efforts have been directed towards systematising the technique, particularly in the pedagogical dictionaries momentum. In this paper, we try to demonstrate that there is still room for improvement, and that a systematic corpus analysis can be applied to build better explanations for the meaning of words. We explain the theoretical background chosen for our study, the associated methodology and fi ve specifi c strategies which can guide the lexicographer through his/her task. In order to give a concrete example, we show our work with a Spanish dictionary project for foreign learners which is currently under development and has a core of very frequent Spanish verbs already available on the Internet.
AB - This study explores the application of a semantic analysis methodology to the creation of defi nitions of learners' dictionaries. Defi ning words is a delicate art, traditionally left to the general writing skills of the lexicographer, introspection, or even intuition. In the past decades, many efforts have been directed towards systematising the technique, particularly in the pedagogical dictionaries momentum. In this paper, we try to demonstrate that there is still room for improvement, and that a systematic corpus analysis can be applied to build better explanations for the meaning of words. We explain the theoretical background chosen for our study, the associated methodology and fi ve specifi c strategies which can guide the lexicographer through his/her task. In order to give a concrete example, we show our work with a Spanish dictionary project for foreign learners which is currently under development and has a core of very frequent Spanish verbs already available on the Internet.
KW - Corpus linguistics
KW - Full-sentence defi nition
KW - Lexical patterns
KW - Semantic analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85008601881&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/0102-44500700542375362
DO - 10.1590/0102-44500700542375362
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85008601881
SN - 0102-4450
VL - 32
SP - 953
EP - 979
JO - DELTA Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada
JF - DELTA Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada
IS - 4
ER -