Transcript Dictionaries

Dictionaries
英文字典的類型
評鑑重點
各類型字典介紹
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英文字典八大類型
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General English Language
Dictionaries
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Period or scholarly specialized
titles
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大約涵蓋30000～55000款目，
便宜、攜帶方便
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Historical dictionaries
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介紹字詞的源由及現今發展用
法
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語源學字典，類似Historical
dictionaries，但更強調於字詞的
分析，以及不同語言的源起發展。
Foreign language
Subject works
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針對某特定時間或地點的文字為
介紹主題。
Etymological dictionaries
Paperback dictionaries
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Unabridged，足本（大約涵蓋
26萬款目）
一般桌上型（16～18萬）或大
學用（10萬）版本
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特定學科主題詞彙定義
Other
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包含俚語、簡稱、縮寫及用法等
各類字辭典。
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Compilation—字詞語彙來源
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出版社員工
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大部分的出版社取用BNC的字彙
BNC--British National Corpus，在網路上提供近3
億個字詞供查檢，http://info.ox.ac.uk/bnc/
自由字典編輯（Freelance lexicographer）
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Evaluation
“Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is
better than none, and the best cannot be
expected to go quite true”
 ~ by Dr. Johnson
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給一般讀者的10個參考評鑑點
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能提供使用者需要的詞彙、
定義
收錄近幾年來的新詞、新
義、新用法
定義（對應詞）、翻譯正
確而少偏見
語法說明清楚、詳盡、正
確
例證充足，用例恰到好處
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插圖豐富，能幫助學習詞
彙，掌握意思
重視口語、俚語，收錄足
夠的片語、成語、慣用語
提供語用方面的說明或標
籤
提供百科性、文化方面的
有用知識
標榜獨一無二的特點
曾泰元。如何選擇英文詞典。在詞典的兩個世界，pp.114--117
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館員評估一般語文字詞典的重點
Authority
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Vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster、Oxford
University Press、Random
House、Scott-Foresman、
Doubleday、Macmillian、
Simon & Schuster、
Houghton Mifflin
Unabridged：超過265000
字
Abridged：50000~265000
字
Slang
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Up-to-date
Format
Encyclopedia material
Spelling
Etymologies
Definitions
Pronunciation
Syllabication
Synonyms
Grammatical Information
Usage
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評估專科字典的要件
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插圖的輔助說明是否合宜？對專門學科人員或
非本科人員有幫助？
定義是簡單的就字義來解釋，還是有多加說明？
目標使用群是針對國際性？或是偏重於某一區
域？
更新程度如何？
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介紹字典的工具
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Kister, Kenneth. Kister’s Best Dictionaries for Adults
& Young People: A Comparative Guide. Phoenix, AZ:
Oryx Press, 1992, 488 pp. $39.50
Loughridege, Brendan. Which Dictionary? London:
Library Association Publishing. 1990. 177pp. $26
徐振忠。英文辭典實用指南。台北市：旺文社
民81。
IPLSubject CollectionsReference Dictionaries
LIIReady Reference & Quick FactsDictionaries
Yahoo!奇摩分類首頁 網路指南 參考資料參
考字典
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Unabridged（足本） Dictionaries
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The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
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Random House Webster’s Unabridged
Dictionary
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2002, 5th. ed., 3984pp. $150
2003,. 2256pp. $64.95.（+CD-ROM）
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary,
Unabridged .
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CD-ROM（v.3.0）：2002, irregular update. $69.95. ；
Print：2002, 3rd. Ed. 2783 pp. $129.
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College Dictionaries
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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
（http://www.m-w.com）
The American Heritage College Dictionary.
（http://www.bartleby.com/61/）
The Random House Webster’s College
Dictionary + Thesaurus
Webster's New World College Dictionary +
Thesaurus
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Desk Dictionary
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary
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Collins English Dictionary
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2002, 10th.ed. 384pp. $29.95
2003, 1888pp. £30.00
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
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1993, 1664pp. $30
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ESL Dictionary
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ESL English as Second Language
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
 2000, 6th. Ed. $25.95
 http://www.oupp.com/elt/oald/
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
 2003, $26.95(+ CD-ROM)
 http://www.longmanwebdict.com/
Collins COBUILD New Student's English Dictionary
 2002, 1088pp. £9.99
Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners
 2002, 1071pp. $29.68
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Children’s Dictionaries
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Macmillan Dictionary for Children.
The World Book Dictionary
Scott Foresman First Dictionary.
Merriam-Webster‘s 系列 （均為$14.83)
 Elementary Dictionary（624pp.）
 School Dictionary（1184pp.）
 Intermediate Dictionary（960pp.）
 School Thesaurus（704pp.）
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Thesaurus/Synonyms /Antonyms
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Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.
Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English
The Concise Oxford Thesaurus
Longman Essential Activator
Theseaurus.com (http://thesarus.com/)
The ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus
(http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.htl)
WordNet (http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/)
Synonym Dictionary (http://vancouverwebpages.com/synonyms.html)
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Usage and Manuscript Style—
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The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th. Ed.
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The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
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1998. 224 pp. $34; paperback, $17.50
Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage.
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CD-ROM：1993, in Microsoft Bookshelf.
Print：2003, 956 pp. $55.
1989, 980 pp, $18.95
謝寶煖。APA Style 完全上手指南 。台北市：文華，
民國90年8月
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Usage and Manuscript Style—
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IPLSubject CollectionsReferenceStyle &
Writing Guides
The Slot. (http://www.theslot.com)
國家圖書館知識之窗網路資源教育資源／
論文寫作格式
靜宜大學蓋夏圖書館學術寫作資源
（http://www.lib.pu.edu.tw/database/www/dbcitation.htm）
中央研究院圖書館網路資源引用資料格式
(http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~libserv/aslib/internet/i
nternet1.html )
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Historical Dictionaries
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
 Online,：2000 to date,
http://www.oed.com
Library:$795+，Individals:$550
 CD-ROM：2nd ed. 1992 to date,
$895
 Print：1989, 2nd., 20 vols. $3000.
The New Shorter Oxford English
Dictionary.
 CD-ROM：1998. $75
 Print：1998, 2 vols. 5th. Ed. $150.
Oxford 字詞典專區
http://www.oupp.com/oeddicref/
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Dictionary of American
Regional English (DARE).
Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 4v.
(http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/
dare/dare.html)
Random House Historical
Dictionary of American
Slang.
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1994 to date, 3 vols. $79.95
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Slang
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Dictionary of American Slang
 1998, 3rd.ed. 640pp. $42.95
Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang
 2000, 1326pp. $19.95
The Alternative Dictionaries
(http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/)
A Dictionary of Slang (http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/)
The College Slang Page
(http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/)
On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang
(http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html)
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Quotation
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
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1999,5th. Ed. 1152pp. $45
其他Oxford出版的版本 (http://www.oupusa.org/reference/general/quotations.html)
Familiar Quotations (http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/)
About.com：Quotations (http://quotations.about.com/)
Movie Quotes (http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Quotes/)
Famous Quotations (http://www.famous-quotations.com/)
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Foreign Language Dictionaries
（Bilingual）
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The HarperCollins Series
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HarperCollins-Robert French Dictionary
HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary
HarperCollins German Dictionary
Encyclopedia of Languages of Europe
Dictionary of Languages
Berlitz Passport to 31 Languages.
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1999 to date, $30.（CD-ROM）
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Foreign Language Dictionaries
（Bilingual）--網路翻譯工具
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Language Dictionaries and Translators.
(http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html)
AltaVista translation services
(http://world.altavista.com/ )
Free Translation and Professional Translation
(http://www.freetranslation.com/)
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特殊用途字詞典
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Acronyms Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary
Abbreviations Dictionary
Acronym Finder (http://www.acronymfinder.com/. )
Acronym Server (http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym)
Webster’s Official Crossword Puzzle Dictionary.
 CD-ROM：1992 irregular update. $29.95
 Print：1992. paperback, $4.99
The New Hacker’s Dictionary
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網路字典
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OneLook Dictionaries (http://www.onelook.com)
Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/)
Vocabulary University
(http://www.vocabulary.com)
The Word Detective (http://word-detective.com )
Rhymezone (http://www.rhymezone.com/)
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
(http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html)
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