Theory and Practice of Specialised Online Dictionaries

Fuertes-Olivera, Pedro A.; Tarp, Sven

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“…Lexicography often has much more in common with information science, or at least with some parts of information science. Lexicography deals with information tools containing data for users in communicative situations (reading, writing, translating and proof reading), in cognitive situations giving information to archive general or special knowledge about a certain topic, as well as in interpretative and operative situations; see Tarp (2002, 2003), Fuertes-Olivera and Tarp (2014), Tarp (2008Tarp ( , 2008a. However, there is a great difference in the way the two disciplines describe what lexicography calls "access to data" and what information science calls "information behaviour".…”

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Phases and Steps in the Access to Data in Information Tools

Bergenholtz¹,

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Gouws

2015

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Abstract:In the information society, it is much easier for someone to find relevant data if s/he has an information need because of the availability of databases and electronic information tools. In information science this topic is usually treated under the topic information behaviour. In lexicography the term access process is used (Bergenholtz and Gouws 2010). It can be shown that this process beginning with the "origin of the problem" leading to an "information source usage situation" contains different parts, and that each part contains different phases, with the pre-consultation phase and the intra-consultant phase containing different steps. The most important concepts here are the access route and the access time. In this paper some experiments in two case studies are described to show how different access processes in different user situations take place. Keywords Opsomming: Fases en stappe in die toegang tot data in inligtingswerktuie.In die inligtingsgemeenskap is dit baie makliker vir iemand om relevante data te kry as hy/sy 'n inligtingsbehoefte het omdat databasisse en elektroniese inligtingswerktuie beskikbaar is. In die inligtingswetenskap word hierdie onderwerp gewoonlik behandel onder die onderwerp inligtingsgedrag. In die leksikografie word die term toegangsproses gebruik (Bergenholtz en Gouws 2010). Dit kan aangetoon word dat hierdie proses wat begin met die "oorsprong van die probleem" en lei na 'n inligtingsbrongebruiksituasie uit verskillende dele bestaan en dat elke deel verskillende fases bevat met die prekonsultasiefase en die intrakonsultasiefase wat verskillende stappe bevat. Die belangrikste begrippe hier is die toegangsroete en die toegangstyd. In hierdie artikel word enkele eksperimente in twee gevallestudies beskryf om te wys hoe verskillende toegangsprosesse in verskillende gebruiksituasies plaasvind.

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Phases and Steps in the Access to Data in Information Tools

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Gouws

2015

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“…In other words, this search option offers users possible ways of finding a term they do not remember (perhaps, they only have the gist of the concept and need several searches before finding what they are looking for). also Tarp 2008, andTarp 2014). It indicates that lexicography in general and specialized lexicography in particular deals with more than language and facts.…”

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“…Lexicography, and by implication specialized lexicography, is thus a dynamic field that needs to keep up with and adapt to the development of http://lexikos.journals.ac.za From Polyfunctional to Monofunctional Accounting Dictionaries 325 modern society, in particular the change from paper-based data to electronic data and the use of electronic information platforms, see e.g. Fuertes-Olivera (2013), Tarp (2014), and. Bergenholtz (1996), Tarp (2000Tarp ( , 2001, Mourier (2005, 2007), Fuertes-Olivera (2009), Nielsen (2010, Tarp (2014) show that practical as well as theoretical lexicography cannot develop properly by focusing exclusively on documentation, description and analysis in a linguistic tradition but should turn its attention to the development of lexicographically relevant principles that can guide lexicographers in their quest for designing and producing dictionaries that help users solve specific types of problems in specific types of situations in the modern information society.…”

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“…Fuertes-Olivera (2013), Tarp (2014), and. Bergenholtz (1996), Tarp (2000Tarp ( , 2001, Mourier (2005, 2007), Fuertes-Olivera (2009), Nielsen (2010, Tarp (2014) show that practical as well as theoretical lexicography cannot develop properly by focusing exclusively on documentation, description and analysis in a linguistic tradition but should turn its attention to the development of lexicographically relevant principles that can guide lexicographers in their quest for designing and producing dictionaries that help users solve specific types of problems in specific types of situations in the modern information society. Aspects of the recent development in lexicography will be described with particular reference to a dictionary project that involves a set of specialized online dictionaries within the field of accounting, collectively referred to below as the Accounting Dictionaries.…”

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“…This intellectual situation resulted in replacing the polyfunctional dictionaries with innovative monofunctional dictionaries (Bergenholtz 2011(Bergenholtz , 2012, initially described as Model T Ford dictionaries, i.e. dictionaries whose articles and visualized lexicographical data are adapted to the various functions displayed by the dictionary, frequently assisted by different types of interactive options where users may define themselves and the activity for which they need information (Tarp 2011;and Fuertes-Olivera and Tarp 2014). In other words, the originally conceived and published polyfunctional accounting dictionaries are under a process of constant updating and conversion into monofunctional online dictionaries.…”

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Development in Lexicography: From Polyfunctional to Monofunctional Accounting Dictionaries

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Fuertes-Olivera

2013

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This article describes the theoretical foundation of the accounting dictionaries as well as its practical results. Furthermore, the implementation of the project shows how the constant interaction of lexicographical theory with practical dictionary work over a period of 10 years has led to lexicographical development and adaptation resulting in ongoing adjustments to the dictionaries and their theoretical foundation. This is exemplified by studying the transition from polyfunctional to monofunctional dictionaries in an attempt to provide help in several types of usage situations, typically in communicative situations, e.g. when reading, writing or translating English, Danish or Spanish accounting texts, or cognitive situations, i.e. when users want to know more about accounting matters or accounting language. The article also indicates that the creation of this project connects e-lexicography with the knowledge-based economy. Lexicographers work in the cloud being physically thousands of kilometres away; they work with experts in accounting, databases and the Internet with the aim of constructing and updating a high-quality tool with relatively low information costs for users. Finally, this article shows that the future of lexicography rests on designing, constructing, and updating information tools that take into consideration not only the true nature of lexicography but also the possibilities of the Internet and its technologies, as advocates of the Function Theory of Lexicography do on a regular basis. Keywords: SPECIALIZED LEXICOGRAPHY, FUNCTION THEORY, POLYFUNCTIONAL DICTIONARY, MONOFUNCTIONAL DICTIONARY, ACCOUNTING DICTIONARIES, INFOR-MATION TOOLS, LEXICOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION COSTS, ONLINE DICTIONARY, ELEC-TRONIC LEXICOGRAPHY, INTERNET, MEANING, WRITING, TRANSLATION, KNOWL-EDGE, DANISH, ENGLISH, SPANISHOpsomming: Ontwikkeling in die leksikografie: Van polifunksionele tot monofunksionele rekenkundige woordeboeke. Hierdie artikel beskryf sowel die teoretiese grondslag van die rekenkundige woordeboeke as die praktiese resultate daarvan. Verder http://lexikos.journals.ac.za 324 Sandro Nielsen and Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera het die implementering van die projek getoon hoe die voortdurende wisselwerking van leksikografiese teorie met praktiese woordeboekwerk oor 'n tydperk van 10 jaar gelei het tot leksikografiese ontwikkeling en wysiging wat voortdurende aanpassings aan die woordeboeke en hul teoretiese grondslag tot gevolg gehad het. Dit word geïllustreer deur te let op die oorgang van polifunksionele na monofunksionele woordeboeke in 'n poging om hulp te verleen in verskeie soorte gebruiksituasies, gewoonlik in kommunikatiewe situasies, bv. wanneer Engelse, Deense of Spaanse rekenkundige tekste gelees, geskryf of vertaal word, of in kognitiewe situasies, d.i. wanneer gebruikers meer wil weet oor rekenkundige aangeleenthede of rekenkundige taal. Die artikel toon ook dat die skepping van hierdie projek e-leksikografie met die kennis-gebaseerde ekonomie verbind. Leksikograwe werk in die wolk deur fisies ...

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