Home  /  Lexikos  /  Núm: Vol14 Par: 0 (2004)  /  Article
ARTICLE
TITLE

Basic Problems of Learner's Lexicography *

SUMMARY

Abstract: In general, learner's dictionaries suffer from the fact that lexicography has beentreated as a subdiscipline of linguistics and not as an independent discipline and that, correspondingly,no serious efforts have been made to develop a general theory of learner's dictionaries withinthe general theory of lexicography. Such a theory must undoubtedly be developed on the basis ofthe theory of lexicographic functions. Foreign language learning is a complex process and the veryconcept of a learner is in no way unambiguous. Dictionaries can be conceived to assist the learnerin different aspects of the language-learning process. Accordingly, at least four main functions of alearner's dictionary can be distinguished corresponding to the following user situations: text receptionin the foreign language, text production in the foreign language, conscious study of the foreign-language lexis and conscious study of the foreign-language grammar. Learner's dictionariesare, thus, not to be considered a special type of dictionaries, but constitute a more general categoryincluding various types of learner's dictionaries according to their functions or combination offunctions. The great challenge to learner's lexicography is to conceive and compile dictionaries thatassist the learner in as many aspects of the language-learning process as possible.Keywords: LEXICOGRAPHY, LEARNER'S LEXICOGRAPHY, LEARNER'S DICTIONARIES,GENERAL THEORY OF LEARNER'S LEXICOGRAPHY, LEXICOGRAPHIC FUNCTIONS,COMMUNICATION-ORIENTATED FUNCTIONS, KNOWLEDGE-ORIENTATED FUNCTIONS,FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEXT RECEPTION, FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEXT PRODUCTION, ASSIMILATIONSOF THE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE SYSTEM, LEARNERS' CHARACTERISTICS,USER NEEDS, USER SITUATIONS, LEXICOGRAPHIC DATA, LEXICOGRAPHIC STRUCTURESOpsomming: Basiese probleme van die aanleerdersleksikografie. Oor diealgemeen ly aanleerderswoordeboeke onder die feit dat die leksikografie as 'n subdissipline vandie linguistiek behandel is en nie as 'n onafhanklike dissipline nie en dat, ooreenkomstig, geenernstige pogings aangewend is om 'n algemene teorie van aanleerderswoordeboeke binne die algemeneteorie van die leksikografie te ontwikkel nie. So 'n teorie moet ongetwyfeld ontwikkel wordmet die teorie van leksikografiese funksies as basis. Die aanleer van 'n vreemde taal is 'n komplekseproses en selfs die konsep van 'n aanleerder is geensins duidelik nie. Woordeboeke kan bedinkword om die aanleerder met verskillende aspekte van die taalaanleerproses te help. Gevolglik kanten minste vier hooffunksies van 'n aanleerderswoordeboek, wat ooreenstem met die volgendegebruikersituasies, onderskei word: teksresepsie in die vreemde taal, teksproduksie in die vreemdetaal, bewuste studie van die leksis van die vreemde taal en bewuste studie van die grammatika vandie vreemde taal. Aanleerderswoordeboeke moet dus nie as 'n besondere soort woordeboeke beskou word nie, maar vorm 'n meer algemene kategorie wat verskillende soorte aanleerderswoordeboekevolgens hul funksies of kombinasie van funksies insluit. Die groot uitdaging vir dieaanleerdersleksikografie is om woordeboeke te bedink en te maak wat die aanleerder help metsoveel aspekte van die taalaanleerproses as moontlik.Sleutelwoorde: LEKSIKOGRAFIE, AANLEERDERSLEKSIKOGRAFIE, AANLEERDERSWOORDEBOEKE,ALGEMENE TEORIE VAN AANLEERDERSLEKSIKOGRAFIE, LEKSIKOGRAFIESEFUNKSIES, KOMMUNIKASIEGEORIËNTEERDE FUNKSIES, KENNISGEORIËNTEERDEFUNKSIES, VREEMDETAALTEKSRESEPSIE, VREEMDETAALTEKSPRODUKSIE, ASSIMILASIEVAN DIE VREEMDETAALSISTEEEM, AANLEERDERSEIENSKAPPE, GEBRUIKERSBEHOEFTES,GEBRUIKERSITUASIES, LEKSIKOGRAFIESE DATA, LEKSIKOGRAFIESE STRUKTURE

 Articles related

Herbert Chimhundu    

This article discusses aspects of an on-going lexical computing project at the University of Zimbabwe, known as ALLEX, the acronym for African Languages Lexical Project. ALLEX is a collaborative, multi-faceted, long-term, computer-aided lexicography proj... see more

Revista: Lexikos

Herbert Ernst Wiegand,Rufus H. Gouws    

The empirical domain of the subject matter of dictionary research changes, among others, due to the publication of new dictionaries. A noticeable trend seems to be the increasing occurrence of more new elements regarding dictionary structures in the fron... see more

Revista: Lexikos

Gita Andriani (Author)    

English for Specific Purpose appeared due to the awareness that general English course was not suitable for the learners’ need, especially in higher education. In the teaching of ESP, the materials are focused on the learners’ needs or their specific... see more


Joko Kusmanto    

Despite the wide-range application of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) for various kinds of text analyses, SFG theory poses significant syntactic problems which have not been touched much. These syntactic problems are basically the result... see more


Yulia Nur Ekawati    

The 2013 curriculum is regarded as the current issue for teachers and students. This curriculum is based on the competencies concerning on implementing four aspects of spiritual, attitude, knowledge and skills in order to achieve students character build... see more