Problems of usage labelling in English lexicography
Problems of usage labelling in English lexicography
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英语词典学中的用法标注问题
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10.5788/21-1-47
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2012
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L. Sakwa
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L. Sakwa
Landau（1991：217）规定“用法是指语言的任何或所有用法”。它是对语言的良好、正确或标准使用的研究，以区别于语言的不良、不正确和非标准使用。使用还可能包括研究使用方法的任何限制，无论是地理、社会还是时间。基本上，它提醒用户在交流中不应不加批判地使用某些术语。本文讨论英语词典编纂中用法的处理。它分析了六种单语英语词典的标签实践，即：牛津高阶英汉词典（OALD）、麦克米伦英语词典（MED）、朗文当代英语词典（LDOCE）、剑桥国际英语词典（CIDE）、世界图书词典（WBD）和新简明牛津英语词典（NSOED）。确定并讨论了词典中上下文用法标签的差异。
Landau (1991: 217) stipulates that 'usage refers to any or all uses of language'. It is the study of good, correct, or standard uses of language as distinguished from bad, incorrect, and nonstandard uses of language. Usage may also include the study of any limitations on the method of use, whether geographic, social or temporal. Basically it alerts users that certain terms should not be uncritically employed in communication. This article discusses the treatment of usage in English lexicography. It analyses the labelling practices in six monolingual English dictionaries namely: the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD), the Macmillan English Dictionary (MED), the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE), the Cambridge International Dictionary of English (CIDE), the World Book Dictionary (WBD) and the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (NSOED). Discrepancies in the contextual usage labelling in the dictionaries were established and are discussed.