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This paper presents the comparison of sense discrimination strategies including the structure and organization of a polysemous word entry in five English monolingual learner’s dictionaries with the aim of gaining an insight into the aspects of sense division where the given dictionaries agree and disagree. The final outcome of the analysis is the selection of features contributing to the establishment of the user friendliest sense discrimination system in a pedagogical dictionary

Sense Discrimination in Five English Learner’s Dictionaries

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This paper presents the comparison of sense discrimination strategies including the structure and organization of a polysemous word entry in five English...

Sense Discrimination in Five English Learner’s Dictionaries

Published Online: Feb 22, 2013

Page range: 153 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0013

Keywords
lexicography, lumping, polysemy, sense discrimination, splitting

This content is open access.

Sense Discrimination in Five English Learner’s Dictionaries

Published Online: Feb 22, 2013

Page range: 153 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0013

Keywordslexicography, lumping, polysemy, sense discrimination, splitting

This content is open access.

Keywords
lexicography, lumping, polysemy, sense discrimination, splitting