The article presents the results of a survey on dictionary use in Europe, focusing on general monolingual dictionaries. The survey is the broadest survey of dictionary use to date, covering close to 10,000 dictionary users (and non-users) in nearly thirty countries. Our survey covers varied user groups, going beyond the students and translators who have tended to dominate such studies thus far. The survey was delivered via an online survey platform, in language versions specific to each target country. It was completed by 9,562 respondents, over 300 respondents per country on average. The survey consisted of the general section, which was translated and presented to all participants, as well as country-specific sections for a subset of 11 countries, which were drafted by collaborators at the national level. The present report covers the general section. IntroductionResearch into dictionary use has become increasingly important in recent years. In contrast to 15 years ago, new findings in this area are presented every year, e.g. at every Euralex or eLex conference. These studies range from questionnaire or log file studies to smaller-scale studies focussing on eye tracking, usability, or other aspects of dictionary use measurable in a lab. For an overview of different studies,

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The paper is based on a survey conducted within the framework of the basic research project Collocations as a Basis for Language Description: Semantic and Temporal Perspectives (KOLOS; J6-8255). It presents a qualitative analysis of a user evaluation of the interface of the Collocations Dictionary of Modern Slovene (CDS). It discusses an alternative perspective—the user's point of view—on problematic aspects of individual dictionary features, which require further lexicographic analysis and discussion. The collocations user study presents a model of the process of user evaluation; its findings are significant primarily for determining problems encountered by users. They also serve as a useful basis for methodology improvements in future, comparable lexicographic user studies and analyses.

V prispevku prikazujemo analizo luščenja eno- in večbesednih terminoloških kandidatov, ki smo ga izvedli za potrebe priprave terminološke podatkovne zbirke odnosov z javnostmi na podlagi korpusa KoRP z luščilnikom LUIZ. Podrobneje se posvečamo dvojemu: (a) izluščenim enobesednim samostalniškim terminološkim kandidatom, katerih seznam primerjamo s pogostostnim seznamom samostalnikov v korpusu KoRP in vrednotimo glede na terminološkost, kot sta jo prepoznala dva področna strokovnjaka, ter (b) izluščenim večbesednim nizom z glagolskim in samostalniškim jedrom. Nadgrajeno metodo luščenja in izboljšan prikaz rezultatov smo dopolnili še z analizo priklica. Potrdili oz. ugotovili smo, da je v primerjavi s pogostostnim seznamom terminološki potencial enot v zgornjem delu seznama izluščenih samostalnikov večji, da imajo izluščeni glagolski besedni nizi predvsem kolokacijsko vrednost, ne pa tudi terminološke, in da so najbolj terminološko produktivni vzorci luščenja samostalniških zvez z naslednjo zgradbo: [pridevnik + samostalnik], [pridevnik + in + pridevnik + samostalnik] ter [pridevnik + pridevnik + samostalnik]. Analiza priklica je pokazala predvsem nizko stopnjo strinjanja med obema področnima strokovnjakoma, sicer pa je bil priklic razmeroma visok.