[Lexicog] Survey

[Paula Jones]

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From: "Danko.Sipka" <danko.sipka at asu.edu>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:12 PM
Subject: [Lexicog] Survey


> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I am working on a paper devoted to ambiguous definitions, e.g., when a
word
> in L1 is defined by the English word "bar" alone, from which it is not
clear
> if the word refers to a rigid piece of metal or wood, a saloon, a legal
> community, etc.
>
> Could you please take literally two minutes of your time to answer to the
> three questions below and e-mail it back to me to Danko.Sipka at asu.edu.
> Alternatively, you can go to http://cli.la.asu.edu/survey.htm to answer
the
> questions on-line.
>
> Sidney I. Landau in his "Dictionaries. The Art and Craft of Lexicography"
> (Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 170-171) states the following
> principle relating to avoidance of ambiguous definitions:
>
> "Words in definitions must be used unambiguously in the context of the
> definition. If a word used in a definition has more than one meaning
(i.e.,
> it is polysemous), the particular sense in which it is intended must be
made
> clear by the rest of the definition. This problem is most conspicuous in
> dictionaries that depend on synonyms for definitions, such as bilingual
and
> short monolingual dictionaries. One cannot define back-yard, either in
> English or its equivalent in another language, by the English word lot,
> since lot has a lot of other meanings."
>
> Could you please answer to the following three questions (please place an
X
> in front of your choice). The answers will be used for a paper addressing
> the problem stated by Landau.
>
> 1. How often have you encountered the problem of ambiguous definitions in
> your lexicographic practice?
>
>        very often       often       Xoccasionally       rarely
almost
> never
>
> 2. How many years have you been working as a lexicographer?
>
>        less than one     1-9      X10-19     20-29     30 or more
>
> 3. What is your primary field of lexicography?
>
>        monolingual lexicography            Xbilingual lexicography
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Danko Sipka
> Research Associate Professor and Acting Director
> Critical Languages Institute (http://www.asu.edu/cli)
> Arizona State University
> Danko.Sipka at asu.edu
> http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka
> /until May 15, 2005/
>
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