The growing prosperity of on-line dictionaries

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ID20358282
AuthorsLan Li (0000-0002-0408-8615, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, corresponding author), Li Lan (0000-0003-3431-9266)
Year2005
Volume21
Issue3
Pages16-21
Publication date2005-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnglish Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-0784 • E-ISSN: 1474-0567
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0266078405003044
OpenAlexW1594017569
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

An update on the world's newest lexicographical services. The computer and the Internet have become indispensable to the lives of educated people. As a result, ways of obtaining information have greatly changed. The readership of the printed media appears to have been gradually decreasing, something that may also happen with dictionaries. It has for example been noted that three mediums for dictionaries — paper, electronic gadgets, and the Internet — are now about equally popular with students. Gone therefore are the days when paper dictionaries dominated the reference world. For example, more than 70% of students interviewed at Hong Kong Polytechnic University claim that they use e-dictionaries more often than the traditional bulky paper products: among them, the most ‘bookmarked’ is the online version of the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary . Online dictionaries are now therefore the main force in word reference

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