Calculating Lexicology and New Types of Dictionaries

Author: Zhang Yihua
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The book consists of twelve chapters, with the main content as follows:
Chapter 1: An Overview of Computational Lexicography Discusses the social and theoretical foundations of the emergence and development of computational lexicography, including its origins, characteristics, and relationships with related disciplines such as computational linguistics.
Chapter 2: Corpus and Corpus Lexicography Systematically introduces the basic features of corpora, types of corpora, and their fundamental functions, as well as the historical development of corpus construction and future trends in corpus development both domestically and internationally.
Chapter 3: Research and Development of Lexicons First provides a brief overview of the theory of lexicons, then introduces their relevant relationships, basic content, and characteristics. Finally, it offers a systematic explanation of representative lexicons such as WordNet, FrameNet, and NowNet both domestically and internationally.
Chapter 4: Modernization Technology and the Compilation of New-Generation Dictionaries Discusses the relationship between corpora and dictionary compilation, explores the auxiliary functions of corpora in dictionary compilation, and introduces various new-generation dictionaries compiled by publishers such as Longman, Oxford, and Collins based on corpora.
Chapter 5: Types and Functional Settings of Electronic Dictionaries Defines electronic dictionaries, distinguishes their categories, and summarizes their functional settings.
Chapter 7: Interface Structure of Electronic Dictionaries Summarizes and generalizes the functional settings and types of interface structures of electronic dictionaries, including interface and search entries, interface and window forms, and the multimedia functions of interfaces. It also analyzes the interfaces of some high-quality dictionaries.
Chapter 8: CD-ROM Electronic Dictionaries Briefly introduces the general characteristics, individual features, interfaces, and search functions of CD-ROM electronic dictionaries published in Europe, America, and China, as well as their shortcomings. And so on.
Through the elaboration of the above twelve chapters, the book roughly defines the nature, tasks, and scope of research in computational lexicography, enabling lexicographers to determine their research directions based on actual conditions and effectively promote the development of computational lexicography in China.