Online dictionaries

Today and tomorrow

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ID22304480
AuthorsSven Tarp (0000-0003-1941-9082, Aarhus University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume28
Issue2012
Pages253-268
Publication date2012-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLexicographica - International Annual for Lexicography / Internationales Jahrbuch für Lexikographie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0175-6206 • E-ISSN: 1865-9403
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/lexi.2012-0013
OpenAlexW2564698121
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This article initially provides a panoramic overview and a preliminary typologization of present and future online dictionaries based upon their application of the available technologies and suggests that the future of lexicography will be the development of highly sophisticated tools which may provide individualized solutions to the users’ punctual information needs. In this respect, it analyses the relation between the type and the individual and argues that lexicographers, although having individualization of needs satisfaction as their goal, still have to work with types of user, situation, need, consultation, and data. The article then proceeds to the discussion of some advanced information science techniques that may contribute to the desired individualization. Upon this basis, it finally discusses the interaction between online dictionaries and external sources like the Internet and other corpora from where data can be imported as mashups in the dictionary articles, as well as the problems related to the validation of these automatically selected data

Library science · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies

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