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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
General English Language
Dictionaries
Period or scholarly specialized
titles
大約涵蓋30000~55000款目,
便宜、攜帶方便
Historical dictionaries
介紹字詞的源由及現今發展用
法
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
針對某特定時間或地點的文字為
介紹主題。
Etymological dictionaries
Paperback dictionaries
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
特定學科主題詞彙定義
Other
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
出版社員工
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
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
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
Vocabulary
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
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
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
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。
IPLSubject CollectionsReference Dictionaries
LIIReady Reference & Quick FactsDictionaries
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
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Random House Webster’s Unabridged
Dictionary
2002, 5th. ed., 3984pp. $150
2003,. 2256pp. $64.95.(+CD-ROM)
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary,
Unabridged .
CD-ROM(v.3.0):2002, irregular update. $69.95. ;
Print:2002, 3rd. Ed. 2783 pp. $129.
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College Dictionaries
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
The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary
2002, 10th.ed. 384pp. $29.95
2003, 1888pp. £30.00
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
1993, 1664pp. $30
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ESL Dictionary
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
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
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—
1/2
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th. Ed.
The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
1998. 224 pp. $34; paperback, $17.50
Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage.
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—
2/2
IPLSubject CollectionsReferenceStyle &
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
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/
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.
1994 to date, 3 vols. $79.95
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Slang
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
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
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)
The HarperCollins Series
HarperCollins-Robert French Dictionary
HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary
HarperCollins German Dictionary
Encyclopedia of Languages of Europe
Dictionary of Languages
Berlitz Passport to 31 Languages.
1999 to date, $30.(CD-ROM)
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Foreign Language Dictionaries
(Bilingual)--網路翻譯工具
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
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
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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