1 Books 2 CDROMs 3 Internet Types of Dictionaries in Relation to Form or Medium Books CDROMS Internet Advantages Familiarity Ownership Fast retrieval Lots of information Lightweight ID: 264549
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Types of DictionarySlide2
1. Books
2. CD-ROMs 3. Internet
*Types of Dictionaries in Relation to Form or Medium:Slide3
Books
CD-ROMS
Internet
Advantages
Familiarity
Ownership
Fast retrieval
Lots of information
Light-weight
Small size
Some contain pronunciation files
Some contain English learning materials
Some contain lots of pictures
Free
Wild-card searching
Disadvantages
Large size
Slow retrieval
Computer needed
Slower retrieval process if users are computer dummies
Some are not well-designed
Computer needed
Internet connection needed
Slow internet speed
Free ones often have advertising
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1. Books
Advantages
:
Familiarity - you have very probably used a book dictionary before.
Ownership - you've probably got one already, so you don't need to buy one.
Disadvantages
:
Size - many dictionaries are large and heavy. Small (pocket-sized) dictionaries have much less information and can be hard to read.
Speed - finding a word can be a slow process.Slide5
2. CD-ROMs
You can buy dictionaries on CD-ROM.
Advantages
:
Finding a word is faster
CD-ROMs can contain a lot of information
They are light-weight
They are small
Some contain sound files for pronunciation (e.g.
The Longman Interactive CD-ROM Dictionary
)
Some contain English language learning materials (e.g.
The Longman Interactive CD-ROM Dictionary
.
Some contain pictures (e.g.
The Longman Interactive CD-ROM Dictionary
.
Disadvantages
:
You need a computer
It takes longer to start your computer, start the dictionary program and look up the word than it does to use a paper dictionary. If you are already using the computer however, this is not really a problem
Some CD ROMs are not well-designed as they seem not to use the abilities of computers (e.g. hyperlinking) very well
Due to the above disadvantages you should test the CD before you buy it, though not all shops will allow this. Slide6
3. Internet
You can find some dictionaries on the Internet.
Advantages
:
They are free.
Wild cards - you can type ? if you don't know a letter, or * for a group of letters you don't know; e.g.
b?t
will find bat, bet, bit, & but. b*t finds babysit, backseat, bait, ballet etc.
Disadvantages
:
You need a computer
You need to be connected to the Internet
The Internet might be very slow
Some
have distracting advertising
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1. General Dictionaries
These are normal dictionaries that give you information about the most common words in English. However, new words are often not included in these dictionaries until they become very common. Therefore you should look for new fashionable words and new technical words (especially computer terms) in a dictionary of slang or informal expressions or in a technical dictionary.
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2. Specialized Dictionaries
These are dictionaries :
Useful for special groups of people. E.g.:
Advanced Learner's dictionaries, college students
,
children, etc
.
Useful for special fields or professions (technical dictionaries). E.g.: medical, chemical, physical, literary, linguistic, computer dictionaries, etc.
Concentrating on one part of language
. E.g.: dictionaries of idioms,
collocations
, phrasal verbs, abbreviations, etc
.
Translating between different varieties of a single language
. E.g.: British-American dictionaries. Slide9
Having a special organization
. E.g.:
thesauruses
, which are dictionaries that list words with similar meanings together. This is useful for writing, where it is sometimes bad style to use the same word many times. However, you will need to use a general dictionary to discover the differences between the similar words. Some word-processing programs have a thesaurus in the Tools menu. Also,
glossaries
which are alphabetical lists of defined terms in a specialized field usually come at the end of certain books.Slide10
1. monolingual dictionaries:
all entries come in one language
.
2. bilingual dictionaries:
each entry has translations of words in another language
.
3. multilingual dictionaries:
each entry has translations of words in two or more languages.
*Types of Dictionaries in Relation to the Dictionary language: