Fw: [Lexicog] Re: any ideas? corrected

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From: "Chinedu Uchechukwu" <neduchi at hotmail.com>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 1:52 PM
Subject: [Lexicog] Re: any ideas? corrected


> Greetings, Dr. Hafiz,
>
> One helpful and current area is connected with  "the user perspective"
> or "user profile" in lexicographic works. Depending on how far he is
> willing to go, the student can
> (1) use a "case study" approach or
> (2) questionare approach
>
> In both cases he still has to look at what the dictionaries aim at
> achieving, and what they place at the disposal of the user in the form
> of information content. Do the dictionaries fulfil the needs?
>
> At the end the candidate can model a solution according to the
> language (encoding/decoding) needs of the users he has identified, and
> in line with the user profile he has been able to develop.
>
> THis book below would be good to start with:
> Atkins, B.T.S. (ed) (1998)Using Dictionaries. Studies of Dictionary
> Use by Language Learners and Translators.
>
> As well as this articale from
> Hartmann, R.R.K. (1989): 'Sociology of the Dictionary User: Hypothesis
> and Empirical Studies'. In: Hausmann (ed): Dictionaries.
>
> As the person is getting into lexicography, this recent book should
> also be of some help:
> van Sterkenburg, Piet (2003): A Practical Guide to Lexicography
>
> All the best.
>
> Chinedu Uchechukwu
> Germanistik
> Otto-Friedrich University
> Bamberg, Germany.
>
>
> --- In lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com, drhafiz drhafiz
> <drhafiz77 at y...> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > I am seeking ideas of any topic suitable for PhD
> > research in lexicography. The candidate holds an MA in
> > linguistics and is fuent in English, Greek and
> > French, and with some knowledge of Arabic. The request
> > is only about a topic that you think needs studying at
> > PhD level, which will help our students to focus on
> > currant issues. Any suggestions?
> > Regards,
> > Dr. Altahir Hafiz
> > King Abdul Aziz University
> > Saudi Arabia
> > >
> > >
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