What’s in a dictionary?
Now we know which type of dictionary we need to use, let's look at some examples.
Now we know which type of dictionary we need to use, let’s look at some examples in more detail.
Look at the following definition of the word ‘independent’ from a monolingual dictionary:
The Parts of A Monolingual Dictionary Entry (Click to expand)
Your task
Can you match the words to the features in the learner dictionary below, labelled a–h?• headword • pronunciation • definition • example sentence • type of word • phonemic transcription • more definitions • synonyms and related wordsDictionary entry (Click to expand)
- What differences can you see between the monolingual dictionary entry and the learner dictionary entry?
- Does the learner dictionary have the same elements as a monolingual dictionary?
- What do you think is different?
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