<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper focuses on labelling words by subject in a non-specialized dictionary. We compare the existing monolingual dictionaries of Czech and their ways of labelling terms of medicine and related fields; besides apparent differences between dictionaries, there are also inconsistencies within one dictionary. We consider pros and cons of domain labels as such and their usability in the light of needs and limits of dictionary users, with the aim to motivate further discussion on related issues.</p></abstract>

The paper focuses on labelling words by subject in a non-specialized dictionary. We compare the existing monolingual dictionaries of Czech and their ways of labelling terms of medicine and related fields; besides apparent differences between dictionaries, there are also inconsistencies within one dictionary. We consider pros and cons of domain labels as such and their usability in the light of needs and limits of dictionary users, with the aim to motivate further discussion on related issues.

Terminology and Labelling Words by Subject in Monolingual Dictionaries – What Do Domain Labels Say to Dictionary Users ?

The Institute of the Czech Language, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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The paper focuses on labelling words by subject in a non-specialized dictionary. We compare the existing monolingual dictionaries of Czech and their ways of...

Terminology and Labelling Words by Subject in Monolingual Dictionaries – What Do Domain Labels Say to Dictionary Users ?

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 296 - 304

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2017-0039

Keywords
terminology, terms, lexicography, monolingual dictionary, e-dictionary, domain labels, Czech

© 2017 Jana Nová et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Terminology and Labelling Words by Subject in Monolingual Dictionaries – What Do Domain Labels Say to Dictionary Users ?

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 296 - 304

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2017-0039

Keywordsterminology, terms, lexicography, monolingual dictionary, e-dictionary, domain labels, Czech

© 2017 Jana Nová et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
terminology, terms, lexicography, monolingual dictionary, e-dictionary, domain labels, Czech