Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies – Linguistics, grade: 1 (A), University of Zurich (English Seminar), course: Lexicography, language: English, abstract: In this paper, 80 lexicographic definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary are classified and evaluated, the basic question being the following: are similar words defined in similar ways? The words are classified according to part of speech, concreteness and word frequency, and eight different ways to define a word are considered. The study confirms that concreteness and part of speech have a considerable impact on the way a particular word is defined in the ALD.
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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● ISBN 9783638200851 ● Filstorlek 0.7 MB ● Utgivare GRIN Verlag ● Stad München ● Land DE ● Publicerad 2003 ● Utgåva 1 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 3485682 ● Kopieringsskydd utan