The demands of users and the publishing world: printed or online, free or paid for?
- Submitting institution
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Coventry University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 21336499
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
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- Book title
- The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780199691630
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This single-authored chapter is included in The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography edited by Philip Durkin and published by Oxford University Press. The output presents a review and interpretation of current dictionary publishing practices, plotting the digital migration of reference works from print to screen, and the effect this has on dictionary publishers and users.
The desk-based research involved review of 22 dictionaries, online and in print, and the tracing of historical developments over the past few decades (47 document references). Nesi drew on her long experience as a meta-lexicographer and her work as an advisor on lexicographical projects. The resulting chapter discusses the place of the human lexicographer, and considers the automatic and collaborative generation of dictionary content, quality issues, and the needs and preferences of dictionary users around the world. It evaluates possible new sources of e-dictionary revenue in the new ‘give-away’ internet environment and the potential of natural language processing, for example for the creation of computer-generated lexicographical input.
The chapter serves as a historical record of the circumstances surrounding dictionary publishing, and suggests ways forward for dictionary publishers. It draws on practices associated with publishing, lexicography, natural language processing and historical research. The research is extensively discussed including on lexicography courses at University of Aarhus; Adam Mickiewicz University; University of Ottawa; University of British Columbia; Université de Lorraine; Tokyo University; Stellenbosch University; Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. It has also informed the FutureLearn Understanding Dictionaries MOOC, now in its 4th run with 9088 learners enrolled. It is widely cited in international journals and scholarly works (e.g. Wörterbuchkritik,- Dictionary Criticism edited by M. Bielińska and S. J. Schierholz 2017; the Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies and Linguistics edited by K Malmkjær 2017; Portable Elektronische Wörterbücher im Englischunterricht, J.Kassel 2018).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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