Dictionary aizel
- 1. Dictionary
- 2. What is a dictionary? • A book containing a selection of words of a language or of some special subjects arranged alphabetically with explanation about them.
- 3. • Unabridged Dictionaries: contains 265 000 of words and more. • Unabridged dictionaries are the most scholarly and comprehensive of all dictionaries, sometimes consisting of many volumes. • They emphasize the history of words and the variety of their uses.
- 4. Example of Unabridged Dictionaries • Webster’s 3rd new international dictionary. 1961 • The random house dictionary. • The Oxford English Dictionary, (20 volumes) • The Random House Dictionary of the English Language • Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language
- 6. • Abridged dictionaries, often called desk dictionaries, list 150,000 to 250,000 words and concentrate largely on fairly common words and meanings. A good desk dictionary will serve most reference needs for writing or reading.
- 7. Example of Abridged dictionaries • The American heritage dictionary • Webster’s new collegiate dictionary • Webster’s new world dictionary of American language • The random house college dictionary
- 9. Reduced- Word dictionaries • Limited to under 60,000 words Oxford American dictionary ( 30,000 WORDS)
- 10. SPECIALIZED DICTIONARES • specialized dictionary is a dictionary that covers a relatively restricted set of phenomena
- 11. EXAMPLE OF SPECIALIZED DICTIONARY • Dictionary of American regional English • The random house cross- word puzzle dictionary
- 13. Etymological/ diachronic dictionary • The diachronic or historical dictionary has a special class in it which can be called etymological. • Shows and gives history of words • An etymological dictionary traces a word's development over time, giving historical examples to show changes.
- 14. Example of Etymological/ diachronic dictionary • Oxford English dictionary • Ancient Greek Etymological Dictionary • Afroasiatic Etymological Dictionary
- 15. Example of Etymological/ diachronic dictionary
- 16. Slang dictionaries • Reasons for importance • Indicates the variations of meanings of a given slang terms of words and to trace thier history • Defines all expression well • Aids authors in finding words which will covey the background , class, or occupation of a given character
- 17. • Just for pain curiosity and interest Example of slang dictionaries: • dictionary of American slang • Thesaurus of slang • New dictionary of American slang
- 18. Example of slang dictionaries
- 19. Synonyms and Antonyms • Synonym- a word with the same/similar meaning • Antonym- words that mean the opposite
- 20. Example • Roget’s international thesaurus • Roget’s thesaurus of English of words and phrases • Webster collegiate thesaurus • Webter’s new dictionary for synonym
- 22. Dictionaries f abbreviations and acronyms
- 23. Subject dictionaries • Explain particular meanings for particular words/ terms for professions, occupation, or areas of subject interest.
- 24. Example • Harrod’s Librarians Glossary Terms • ALA Glossary of Librarian and Information Science
- 26. Foreign language dictionaries • The cassel’s series • Dictionary of foreign phrases and abbreviations • Larrousse also publishes dictionaries
- 28. Biographical sources • Biographical dictionaries – ESSAY FORM • Biographical directories – PROVIDE DATA
- 29. IMPORANT GENERAL SOURCES • CURRENT BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES • Current biography • The New York time biographical service • Newsmaker ( GALE RESEARCH CO.)
- 30. RETROSPECTIVE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES • a work containing information about the lives and work of various persons, usually listed alphabetically; some dictionaries classify persons by time period or descriptive category.
- 31. EXAMPLE • MC gram hill encyclopedia of word biography • Webter’s new biographical dictionary • New century cyclopedia of names
- 33. Retrospective biographical dictionaries- NATIONAL • Dictionary of American Biography • Dictionary of American Negro Biography • Who Was Who – Britain • Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607-1896
- 34. Retrospective biographical dictionaries- NATIONAL