Corpus-driven lexicography and the specialised dictionary: headword extraction for the parasitic plant research dictionary

• Autores: Geoffrey Williams
• Localización: Proceedings of the Tenth EURALEX International Congress, EURALEX 2002: Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13-17, 2002 / Anna Braasch (ed. lit.), Claus Povlsen (ed. lit.), Vol. 2, 2003, ISBN 87-90708-09-1, págs. 859-864
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Specialised dictionaries tend to address the needs of language-aware users such as translators, or to be terminological seeking only to standardise usage. This paper looks at some of the problems encountered in using a corpus-directed approach for the design of a specialised pedagogical dictionary. Collocational networks are demonstrated as a objective means of headword extraction. In network building, collocations are seen as statistically significant pairings extracted from within a pre-defined window. The resulting networks represent the thematic environment of the corpus and include both technical and semi-technical words. The advantages and drawbacks ofthese networks in compiling a specialised pedagogical dictionary are discussed.