The Treatment of Academic Lexical Bundles in Online English Monolingual Learners’ Dictionaries

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International Journal of Lexicography Pub Date : 2021-12-24 DOI:10.1093/ijl/ecab032

Peng Chen, Cuilian Zhao

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Abstract

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in identifying dictionary-relevant lexical bundles and analysing their lexicographic treatment. However, past research has only examined bundle treatment in general bilingual dictionaries, leaving it open whether and to what extent lexical bundles are treated in other types of dictionaries. This study aims to fill this gap by focusing on the treatment of academic lexical bundles in online English monolingual learners’ dictionaries. To this end, we first derived a list of 85 target bundles from a large corpus of expert academic writing using a set of quantitative and qualitative criteria, and then examined these bundles regarding their coverage, accessibility, and macro- and microstructural presentation in selected dictionaries. The results showed a high degree of inaccessibility of lexical bundles as search strings, corroborated previous research findings regarding the subsidiary status of lexical bundles in the macrostructure, and identified variations and inadequacies in bundle presentation in the microstructure. The implications of this study for improving the identification, access and presentation of academic lexical bundles for e-lexicography are discussed.

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在线英语单语学习者词典中学术词汇束的处理

近年来，人们对识别与词典相关的词汇束并分析它们的词典编纂方法越来越感兴趣。然而，过去的研究只考察了一般双语词典中的捆绑处理，而其他类型的词典是否以及在多大程度上处理了词汇捆绑。本研究旨在通过关注在线英语单语学习者词典中学术词汇束的处理来填补这一空白。为此，我们首先使用一套定量和定性标准，从一个大型专家学术写作语料库中得出了85个目标集的列表，然后检查了这些集的覆盖范围、可访问性以及在选定词典中的宏观和微观结构表现。结果表明，词汇束作为搜索字符串具有高度的不可达性，证实了以往关于词汇束在宏观结构中的辅助地位的研究结果，并发现了微观结构中词汇束呈现的差异和不足。讨论了本研究对提高电子词典编纂中学术词汇集的识别、获取和呈现的意义。

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International Journal of Lexicography Multiple-

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1.90

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Lexicography was launched in 1988. Interdisciplinary as well as international, it is concerned with all aspects of lexicography, including issues of design, compilation and use, and with dictionaries of all languages, though the chief focus is on dictionaries of the major European languages - monolingual and bilingual, synchronic and diachronic, pedagogical and encyclopedic. The Journal recognizes the vital role of lexicographical theory and research, and of developments in related fields such as computational linguistics, and welcomes contributions in these areas.