Open AccessPresenting Examples in Learners’ Dictionaries to Assist Chinese Learners in Writing English Texts
Author(s) -
Mei Xue
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
hermes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.759
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1903-1785
pISSN - 0904-1699
DOI - 10.7146/hjlcb.v24i46.97367
Subject(s) - lexicography , lexicographical order , task (project management) , computer science , linguistics , english as a foreign language , chinese as a foreign language , mathematics education , foreign language , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , psychology , engineering , mathematics , philosophy , systems engineering , combinatorics
It has been widely acknowledged that exemplication plays a very signicant role in foreign language learning. Many studies have been conducted on dictionary examples, but little attention has been paid to how examples can assist a specic group of foreign learners engaged in a specic learning activity. The present study is intended to ll this gap by investigating how to optimize examples in English learners’ dictionaries to help Chinese learners with writing in English. The functional theory of lexicography will be employed in this study. This investigation will be carried out in two stages. The rst one consists in identifying the lexicographic needs of foreign learners engaged in the task of English writing and consulting dictionary examples. The second stage is a demonstration of some proposals for exemplication in learners’ dictionaries through model articles. The purpose of this study is to give new insights into exemplication in learners’ dictionaries for future lexicographic research and practice.